Two weeks ago I resorted to the unthinkable where I made the hubby, M1 and even Roo play Farm Heroes Saga twice simply to send me tickets to the next level. Well, I needed the tickets again to go beyond Level 115 and the family came to the rescue!
As soon as I completed 115 and without inconveniencing friends, a quick prompt to the three of them and dutifully, they came forth with my instant tickets! I am now at Level 123.
As if my being irked is not enough, the Candy Crush app on my iPad Mini has gone haywire yesterday to annoy me even further! Right after launching the game, after only one two swipes of the candies, the app quits unexpectedly!
What’s going on? I would relaunch, close the app, shut down my iPad and start all over only for it quit on me, again and again. This went on for four times in one attempt, wasting a Daily Booster spin and four precious lives unnecessarily. Even after a lengthy interval, the same occurred – quitting midway of a candy crush.
It was as if the candies have gone bad and conspired to aggravate me, pretty much like those mean cropsies in Farm Heroes Saga.
Thank goodness, the conspiracy was only temporary during the day and not when I was home and in bed ready to be an obsessed monster again. If it went on, King.com had better fix it soon and fast or else it’ll not just be a case of candies gone bad but death of the candies instead – I will give up, queasy or not.
I have been playing Farm Heroes lately. The sweet candies and Odus from Dreamworld in Candy Crush has lost to the cute cropsies. Despite my peeking into Candy Crush on the laptop, I find myself lacking the spirit and zest to go on in the game. Best to maintain my retired status, an achievement of sorts.
Now with Farm Heroes, my main play time on it is on my iPad Mini. The last few exasperations were overcomed and I have zoomed on until Level 111. The cropsies have been acting mean again, not cute at all. I have tried my best at this level in order to gain enough power to defeat Rancid Raccoon but just can’t until I played the game in the office! Shhh….
It was a busy day at the office and towards the evening when all was done, I felt I needed a break and went into Farm Heroes. Now my office Mac desktop is weird. On one hand it does not support Candy Crush, citing my Adobe Flash Player is not updated but it can support Farm Heroes, which works out fine now, considering where my focus is at now.
One game only at Level 111 and I am through! Woohoo… I guess Odus will dream on hoping for me to join him in Dreamworld.
Last Friday, I came home from my dinner and grabbed the laptop. The Candy Crush tickets came and I am onwards to the next chapter! Am I coming out of retirement?
Well… I moved only 3 levels, stuck at Level 518 currently, so it’s hard to say I am un-retiring but I just couldn’t resist. Put it this way, Farm Heroes has hit a snag at an impossibly ridiculous challenge at Level 99 and I needed an outlet to channel my fighting spirits. Maybe I should just go trounce some zoo animals instead.
Somehow I managed to pass Level 85 in Farm Heroes Saga and I never thought I’d resort to this but I did the unthinkable! Made M1, the hubby and official pet number one, the Roo (yes, even he has an FB account) ‘play’ the game so that they can send me tickets to go on to the next level. Nasty, ain’t it? But this is purely for strategy reasons; there are less Facebook friends playing this game and it is harder to get help when required. So instead of wishing and hoping or even bothering innocent lives, why not simply just rely on family?
At least I am slightly better than those Candy Crush addicts who would text or call friends to send them lives! For the record, when I was crushing candies, I never resorted to this act of desperation nor did I spend a single cent to move forth in the saga.
Speaking of Saga, when I was using the laptop to do the nasties, I discovered that Candy Crush finally updated. Another 15 levels await me but do I want to do another unthinkable? Coming out of retirement that is… we shall see.
Farm Heroes Saga is cute. The big dopey eyes of the fruits and vegetables just pulls at my inner soft spot, that’s why I started playing the game. The appeal attracted me and I thought this could be the beginning of a new addiction.
But alas, cuteness can sometimes fail because frustration can set in and for the longest time, aggravation as well. Like Level 80 for instance, there was simply no way to pass it and I refused to use my gold bars to short cut my way through.
I must say Candy Crush is a tough act to follow; King.com has not used the same formula of ‘give and take’ for Farm Heroes to retain my interest, like it did for Candy Crush. I contemplated giving up Farm Heroes no matter how cute the cropsies are. They become mean and not cute when they don’t allow you to pass.
But right after I entertained the thought of giving up, they had an update on the iPad and the ‘give and take’ formula kicked in; I passed Level 80 only to be stuck at Level 85! Cute fails again…
Ever since my retirement from Candy Crush, I find that there’s nothing to play on the iPad! If not for my Zookeeper Battle, the offerings just do not appeal to me.
Even the latest from King.com, Farm Heroes Saga, which I thought could get me hooked does not have the same appeal as Candy Crush. I suspect this is due to the fact that I was stuck at Level 80 for the longest frustrating time. It was just impossible to overcome the challenge at that level. Well, when one becomes discouraged and frustrated, the charm is lost, no matter how cute the characters are.
So I looked and tried to find something that can occupy my time, otherwise my faithful iPad Mini will be rendered useless! Maybe I should go back to reading my Nora Roberts…
This morning when I woke up and reached for my iPad, I discovered Candy Crush had an update. Hah! Finally… but I find this pointless as the update is only until Level 500.
I thought then maybe I should peek into Facebook and see if the game there updated as well, considering I have been sitting at Level 515 since December 31st, 2013. Nope.
So I remain retired from the game. Sigh. But I am not complaining, Farm Heroes with its cute cropsies are keeping me busy!
Call me Farmer Ange!
Ahh… Farming is so calming with the cute cropsies (and occasional animals) in Farm Heroes Saga although initially, the game plan looked complicated but I got the hang of it. Even Rancid the Raccoon is way much better than those darn zippy tornadoes in Candy Crush.
The cropsies (vegetables and fruits) all have big adorable eyes that tug at your heart and they are far more appealing than striped candies or wrappers; I’d say the cute animals in Zookeeper Battle are given a run for their money in the cute appeal category. Coming from a retired professional candy crusher and avid zookeeper, it’s pretty amazing.
Could this be the beginning of another addiction? By the way, I peeked into Candy Crush on Facebook and nope, still no update.
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