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I never played candy crush either.. but the best advice i got was from my babymama.. she said, try to get 4 in a row first so you can unlock the specials.. ie, bombs, upvotes.. then you can focus on the basic, "connect 3" concept

Hope that helps..

Thanks for that advice! I did get the basic idea after playing with it a bit. I think I'm on level 3. Kinda fun! :-) I will definitely look to try and get 4 in a row though. I had no idea you got special things from that, so thanks for the info!