A newly registered person on the forums had mentioned the purchase of a WorldWinner bot that seems to score very well in Bejeweled 2 — a bot that averages over 8,000 points per game and can peak as high as 13,000 points. This was a bot that I had actually heard of in the past, but never bothered to study further into the rumor of an “unbeatable” bot that was being used in WorldWinner games undetected. Well, it looks like there IS a bot that is being used without detection, and here’s a couple gameplay videos of it in action:

I’ll be honest here — I’ve got two feelings running through me as I watch these gameplay videos. First off, I am impressed that a programmer was able to code a Bejeweled bot that works as well as this one — it can optimally plan moves ahead, it plays lightning fast, it doesn’t seem to glitch up, etc.  Second though, and more seriously…I am scared knowing that there is a Bejeweled bot that has not been able to falter under WorldWinner’s security protocols. How do you really know that player X isn’t using the bot? Even if he/she seems to average 9,000 points, perhaps the bot is simply paused halfway through the game and the remainder is played without assistance.

For those of who you might be interested (or foolishly bold enough) to purchase the bot for $199, you can check it out at http://www.worldwinnerbot.com. Again, I do NOT support the use of automated software in skill games. You are STEALING money from innocent players when doing so. I cannot guarantee that this bot comes virus-free, that it can’t get detected by WorldWinner, and I can’t guarantee that it even really works. Purchase this bot at your own risk.

I really hope WorldWinner takes note of the bot’s site and takes measures to cease the sale of this bot, and to develop security protocols that can detect it. Innocent players trying to make an honest profit off WorldWinner shouldn’t have to suffer.

Note that quite a few of the search terms weren’t exactly pertaining to honest advice on how to score better. Considering that, I’m happy knowing that potential cheaters find this site and may end up finding helpful advice on how to legitimately win games.

Oh, and an honorary mention to Studs100. Why the hell does he get searched for that much? 

¡Hola Amigo! Boneyard Bonanza is here! Inspired by Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead) in Mexico, one of many ways of celebrating Halloween in the world. On this day, it is important to honour the dead, preferrably by decorating things with skulls and skeletons. This is what Boneyard Bonanza is all about, skeletons.

In this game, your task is to create skeletons from the parts that appear in the middle. If you can, try to build a skeleton solely of parts of a single colour. If you do that, you will enter the bonus mode. While in the bonus mode, you should “feed” the bonus skeleton with parts of the same color to prevent it from disappearing into the vortex. To get your bonus points, however, you need to put a part of a different color into the vortex. This will stop the vortex and award you the bonus points you collected. If the skeleton disappears into the vortex before you manage to stop the bonus mode, all your bonus points for that skeleton will be lost.

Welcome to our grand Halloween Costume Competition! Dress up and take a picture to participate. I also hope everyone has made their avatar spooky enough for the coming festivities! badjuju362434 did when taking this photo, but inventive costumes will be awarded by the jury (consisting of me and my German cousin).

What can you win?

1st prize: 100 EUR ($130, £80)
2nd prize: 50 EUR ($65, £40)
3rd prize: 25 EUR ($32.50, £20)
all withdrawable, of course!

Who can participate?
Gold players from all countries. Creativity counts!How long time do we have?
Entries must be submitted before 23.59 CET on Thursday the 30th. Send your entry to thefool@king.com. Don’t forget to include your user name!

The winner will be announced on Friday if we manage to look through all entries by then.

It seems that King.com rolls out a new game every 3 weeks — but hey, that’s not a bad thing! King.com’s latest skillgaming creation is called Bacteria Hysteria. Bacteria has infected your body and it’s your job to fill up the vaccine valves and collect medicine to move on to the next level! If you’ve played Big Money on WorldWinner, you will find Bacteria Hysteria somewhat familiar. In your quest of eradicating all bacteria in sight are some powerups — one that can clear all bacteria of a specific color, one that can eat all bacteria under itself, and one that grants a 50% scoring bonus to all medicine “boosted” via the vaccine valves!

This is a game definitely worth checking out, and if you have any questions about the game, head over to the forums and learn what it takes to be a top scorer!

Or perhaps you’re looking for recognition among fellow skillgamers on the major sites? While it is generally true that the “famous” skill gamers are usually those who are known to be the one of the best at their respective  game(s), there are quite a few well known players who aren’t considered to be “elite” in the games they play. Take me (it’s Meikyousisui for those of you who don’t know :p) for instance. Yeah, I did win a big Crescendo Catcher tournament and made $535.00 off the game during the weekend the game was released, but I wouldn’t dare call myself an “elite” in the game. I could label myself as someone who knows enough about the game to give quality advice to newer players…but there is no way in hell I could contend with the top 10 ranked players over a series of multiple games. Yet, I’m somewhat known for providing a couple video tutorials and (gasp) running this site as a resource to help new & seasoned players alike with improving their gameplay.

Let’s face it, it’s pretty fun to be popular in the skill gaming community — especially on King.com! When I was hot stuff with Crescendo Catcher, I would always log in and find new gifts and guestbook comments on my profile, along with a few messages of positive words (and a little more than that…) in my mailbox. There’s nothing like being given a VIP treatment by the whole community after scoring a 1st place victory out of 8000 players!

So, what’s your reason for spending 3 hours a day playing Bejeweled or Calorie King? Why the heck do you post 20 times everyday on King.com via the Fool’s blog? Are you here in hopes of making wealth? Do you want to be known amongst the skill gaming community? Or are you looking to be rich AND famous?

I want to hear what you guys have to say about this. Feel free to leave a comment or write up a response on our forums!

Have you had any issues with Worldwinner “Correcting” or calling your leads “Unqualified”?. In the last two months, they have “unqualfiied” around 40% of the leads that I have produced for them. I am waiting on an explaination email from them. I don’t understand how that could be happening? Can you tell me what percentage, if any, of your 129 leads were claimed as “Unqualified”. It seems the qualification for a lead is pretty simple… they come to my site, sign up through my link, play 5 or 6 games, (whatever it is), and they become a lead. How do they become unqualified after that? I’m having a hard time believing that 40% of my leads are somehow “unqualified” now, unless someone is bogusly clicking on my “organic” sites, and signing up with bogus accounts, etc., which doesn’t make any sense to me, for someone to do that.

Does anyone have ideas on why so many are being claimed as “unqualified lead” for me. Is this normal with WorldWinner or this industry?

Scott’s not alone here. I’ve been promoting Worldwinner quite a bit for some time now, and I’ve been experiencing the exact same issue for the past couple months. It seems that WorldWinner is only giving credit solely to deposits, and leads that directly convert to deposits. This is totally unfair since everyone knows it may take as much as 40-50 leads before getting a single player to make a deposit….and if they’re not willing to pay money out for leads, then why the heck are they offering the incentive to compensate for leads in the first place?

It seems the qualification for a lead is pretty simple… they come to my site, sign up through my link, play 5 or 6 games, (whatever it is), and they become a lead. How do they become unqualified after that? I’m having a hard time believing that 40% of my leads are somehow “unqualified” now, unless someone is bogusly clicking on my “organic” sites, and signing up with bogus accounts, etc., which doesn’t make any sense to me, for someone to do that.

I’m not spamming anyone, I’m not doing anything fishy, so I don’t get it. I do rank high on a lot of organic terms, and they are highly targeted. Which means I do have High conversion rates etc. But how would that be causing “bogus leads” to be occurring.

Does anyone have ideas on why so many are being claimed as “unqualified lead” for me. Is this normal with WorldWinner or this industry? 

For a while now, I thought that it was just me who had been dealing with this issue. Perhaps most of my leads were coming from “unqualified” areas that were not eligible to play for cash. In fact, my problem right now is that 95% of my leads are being marked as unqualified — only those that have been directly leading to cash deposits have been granted credit.

It’s a little comfortable to know that I’m not the only one experiencing this issue, but we definitely need to do something about it as it’s unfair conduct on Commission Junction.  If we don’t get a response back from the affiliate manager running this program, perhaps we should look into communicating with CJ staff and see what can be done.

The 12,000 ranking I’m at in Bejeweled is great. I never get put up against anyone higher ranking than me, so multiple wins hardly brings up my ranking and I’m not put up against someone that’s a lot “better” than me. Every now and then I’ll lose, but I’m more than happy for that — a loss against a lower ranking player brings my rank way down. I’ve been making profit while decreasing my rank, baby! And here’s a screenshot showing how I’m doing tonight in a few Bejeweled royal cups:

And yeah, those games haven’t closed yet…but I’ll get back to you all as to whether I’m $10 richer or not when I wake up in a few hours. Ciao!

As described in past communications, the WorldWinner team is universally focused on fairness as our most important promise to you. As a result, we are proud to announce the upcoming release of several fairness enhancements that have been in development for the last several months. We believe these changes will both improve your experience and help us continue to define WorldWinner as the ultimate arena for competition in the best casual games. 

These enhancements are scheduled to launch on Tuesday morning, September 30th. We have noted many of the new features and enhancements below, with more information to follow once they are live. Please note that in order to deploy these improvements, we will be required to limit certain tournament offerings on the day of September 30th. We appreciate your patience as we bring these enhancements to you, and as always, please continue to send us you feedback.  

Re-designed Competitions List

With numerous types of competitions we know it can be difficult to understand how they all work, and how your opponents are selected. Part of our effort is simply breaking these competitions down, and clearly re-naming them.  

• Matched Skill Competitions - Compete against opponents of similar skill. Factors such as win frequency, scoring ability, and experience are measured over time to determine your relative skill level.  

• Skill Division Competitions - Compete against opponents within your skill division for a portion of an overall prize.  

• Open Skill Competitions - Compete against players of all skill levels to see where you rank in the entire player community.  

Our objective is to educate you as to when our FairMatching system is used and when we allow for a wider range of skilled competitors to participate in the same competition. With this information you should be able to choose the competition that best accommodates your competitive fire!  

New “Unlimited Entry” Competition Structure

We have overhauled our “Unlimited Entry” competitions, which are the larger prize, limited time competitions such as the popular Daily Delights. The enhancements include:

 • Each of the “Unlimited Entry” tournaments will be divided into various skill-divisions. When selecting an Unlimited Entry tournament, you will no longer see “Lower,” “Middle,” or “High,” rankings, but rather these “skill divisions,” and which you belong to. Players will be assigned to each division based on a new methodology for assessing one’s skill.  

• All Unlimited Entry participants will be eligible for the same prize, regardless of skill-division. For example, when we host a $2,500 Solitaire Rush Daily Delight with five skill divisions, each division will have $500 in prizes awarded and each first place winner will receive the same prize, regardless of their division.  

• Players will only be eligible to participate in one division at a time, even if our system detects that your skill has changed during a given tournament. This will produce more winners, and help avoid confusion players have experienced in the past when they could participate in two different tournaments at the same time.  

• Players will be required to play a minimum number of cash games in each game type before being eligible to participate in Unlimited Entry tournaments. These requirements will afford our system time to effectively determine each player’s skill before assigning them to a Division.  

Enhanced FairMatching System

WorldWinner’s proprietary FairMatching system is continually being updated to address changes in our community of players, new game offerings, feedback from players and data demonstrating how each player is performing across all of the competition offerings. The newest version of our FairMatching system introduces some new methodologies for evaluating each player’s skill and also weighs some previously-used metrics differently to ensure that players are more closely matched in our “Matched Skill” competitions.  

As we have noted in the past, our system does not assign each player a “rank number,” but rather matches players based on numerous attributes. Our updates will more heavily weigh a player’s scoring history, but as always, participation in Warm-Up or Zero entry fee competitions have no effect on how a player is ranked or matched against others. 

With the new version of the FairMatching system you may notice that some competitions will close faster than before and others will close slower. In addition, you may not be eligible to participate in some competitions at all times. These limits may be necessary during periods when we have limited players to match you against. We appreciate your patience when this occurs and recommend you try other competition offerings as we refine our new system.  

Launch Day (Tuesday – 9/30) Notes

Please note that on Tuesday, September 30th, there will be no “Unlimited Entry” competitions for the entire day. This will include all large specials, as well as the Daily Delights. All “Unlimited Entry” competitions will resume on Wednesday morning, October 1st, at 12:00am EST.  

In addition, there will be no FreePlay competition, including the exclusive FreePlay for our Premier Club members between 12:00am and 9:00am EST. To show you our appreciation for your patience during this update, we will award 25 Rewards Points for each entry in FreePlay competitions for the remainder of the day after they are live (9:00am – 11:59pm EST). All other tournament types will remain available throughout the update, including, but not limited to Survivals, Mega-Tournaments, Ladders, Ladder Seeding Events and all of our “Matched Skill” competitions.  

Thank you for your continued support,  

The WorldWinner Team

Cat Corner is the newest game released on King.com! The objective of this game is to create rectangles where the corners are all cat squares of the same color (just the corners, NOT all of the squares within the rectangle!). Cat Corner requires quick thinking on your part for forming rectangles to clear a stage under the time alotted, and your ability to recognize opportunities to form rectangles when the opportunity arises.

There’s a huge progressive tournament going on for Cat Corner, and it’s a very easy game to pick up…be sure to check it out! Discuss the game on our forums!