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AIBU?

To only just have realised that the direction of the stripes on the candies in Candy Crush dictates which way the fuckers explode

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Bearbehind · 02/08/2013 21:55

Level 133 and I have only just realised that the stripes on the candies tells you which way the little bastards will explode. I thought it was random.

I really need to get a life!

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meditrina · 02/08/2013 22:21

I can't remember when they first start appearing, they just turn up one day. When you release one, it swims off, then three swim back and each eat a piece of jelly.

mrslyman · 02/08/2013 22:23

Fish? Do you mean the ones that come at the end if you still have moves left?

Bearbehind · 02/08/2013 22:24

That's the only fish I've seen too mrslyman. I fear we'll all go to hell in a candy shaped hand cart with his stupidly addictive game!

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meditrina · 02/08/2013 22:26

Yes, those fish. And in the later stages of the game (after level 200+?) they also appear on the board and you can use them to clear squares. Link about fish.

mrslyman · 02/08/2013 22:26

Do the bombs ever stop appearing they are very annoying.

MissMarplesBloomers · 02/08/2013 22:30

I only realised a few levels back (sound of gears clunking in grey cells)

I'm on Level 162......impossible, I can get a wrapped & stripy together once but not twice in the time & certainly not with 30 K points as well!!!

mrslyman · 02/08/2013 22:30

I'm torn between hoping I never encounter fish in the game because I'll have given up and found a life by then and really really wanting to get to that level.

happybubblebrain · 02/08/2013 22:37

I worked that out about level 20. I got to about level 60 and realised it's a complete and utter waste of time and haven't played since. I think it takes a lot longer for some people, shame.

MalcolmTuckersMum · 02/08/2013 22:41

Yes. Do those damned bombs ever fuck off? I hate the bombs.

Gooseysgirl · 02/08/2013 22:42

How did you get that far in the game without realising that OP? I can't remember which level it was far me but it was one of the ones where I needed vertical candies to clear the chestnut/cherry things and I'm only on 91

Bearbehind · 02/08/2013 22:43

Good for you happybubblebrain. The rest of us really love to be patronised . I do hope you are saving the world with the time you are no longer wasting on this stupid game.

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meditrina · 02/08/2013 22:43

You don't get bombs in every game.

I hate the damned things too, because it's so frustrating to have to wait for a new life then it's over in 6 moves or so. Ugh.

TerribleTantrums · 02/08/2013 22:43

I have just got to level 123, thanks for telling me about the stripes.

Ummmm ... lollipop hammers?

Gooseysgirl · 02/08/2013 22:43

sorry that should say 'FOR' me

Nanny0gg · 02/08/2013 22:44

Level 199 and yes, there are still bombs...

jacks365 · 02/08/2013 22:45

I had it pointed out to me by a couple of patronising teenagers. Ha I'm way ahead of them now serves them right for being smug know it alls.

Not looking forward to those fish

meditrina · 02/08/2013 22:46

I think you have to pay for lollipop hammers. And as I won't pay for anything except a ticket to the nest episode, I haven't a clue what you'd do with them, or any other boost.

ForgetfulNameChanger · 02/08/2013 22:46

at thick as shit!

Anyway OP you are now on my hit list because I am seriously considering redownloading it to play!

meditrina · 02/08/2013 22:47

The fish are great - they help you clear squares and they're cute.

Bearbehind · 02/08/2013 22:47

PMSL tantrums, I kept getting 1 jelly left on level 123 and realised the lollipop in the top left of the screen give you 3 free hammers which allow you to kill 1 jelly. I wasted my first one testing my new found knowledge!

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jacks365 · 02/08/2013 22:48

Meditrina you don't need to pay for tickets you can complete quests instead depending how you play it.

notnowbernard · 02/08/2013 22:49

I'm still getting over the trauma of one one of my dear children DELETING the frigging app by accident

I was on level 132 ....

(still weeping)

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Flojobunny · 02/08/2013 22:51

Wow I'm on 97 and didn't know that. Useful to know, thanks!

BoulevardOfBrokenSleep · 02/08/2013 22:53

Well ACKSHUALLY happybubblebrain, as far as human psychology goes, it's just the right mix of strategy and random chance to tickle our oversized-ape-brain reward centre and keep us coming back for more. A bit like Skinner's superstitious pigeons.

Am currently stuck on bloody 147. Have got within one jelly square of completing it at least half a dozen times now, goddammit!

Moxiegirl · 02/08/2013 22:54

Been stuck on 147 for weeks

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