I tried it out and thought, "Oh yeah, that's a cute little bit of fun. Whatever." But then I made the mistake of trying it out a few more times at home during bits of downtime, and pretty soon I found out what she meant.
Once the levels started getting more complicated, I found myself obsessively needing to complete them. Failing to do so started making me more and more frustrated. I got in an argument with Amber because I hadn't been listening to her instructions while I played it over at her place and ended up ruining a pomegranate. I started looking up tricks to cheat the game into giving me more lives and watching online videos offering tips for specific levels. (The number one tip on one of the many Candy Crush Saga advice websites, by the way, is stop playing Candy Crush Saga.) Playing while eating lunch in a coffee shop one day, I accidentally yelled "No!" so loud that everyone else stopped talking and looked over.
Then, a few nights ago, I went to bed at 10:00, hoping to get a nice long sleep. I decided to try one more time to get through Level 35 before turning out the light. Level 35 is really hard. I had been trying to conquer it for a couple of days, always having between one and three "jellies" left when I ran out of moves.
I guess you can figure out what happened. At 1:30, I plugged in my dead phone and did my best to stop muttering and fuming so I could get some sleep. The next day at work I was exhausted and angry all day long.
That night, I swore I would beat Level 35 or die trying. And then quit the game for good. And that's what I did. It's now deleted from my phone, replaced with an app that determines your sleep cycles and wakes you up when you'll feel most refreshed. Thanks, Erika!
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You were forewarned! I have a friend on Facebook and she also couldn't quit till she reached level 35. She would get up at all hours of the night and looked awful the last time I saw her at the gym. Glad you're finished with it. i will not go near it.
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