Solitaire collection events cheating

Oh gosh I found that out the hard way.  I think my first time I left the program up while I had Physical and Occupational therapy.   Five hours later I go in and finish the game and had a total time of 9+ hours.   The fastest I am able to do them so far is 1 1/2 hour.  I am looking at things that remove points because it is all about the points.  If I skip one to come back to or start it over completely instead of backing up....   Thanks :)

Hi,

If you are playing the ''event'' and want to stop for a while, hit the return burron andclick on the daily challenges and load one of them. You will find that when you return to the event your time will have remained the same but you will have been overtaken in the ladder.

hope this helps

I am missing only 3 of the badges: 1,2,3.    It seems those who receive that badge are using some form of game bot to play the game for them in unrealistic times.  Microsoft has the knowledge to see if someone is using a BOT or playing on their own.  Perhaps Microsoft should have two levels of play   1. Honest Players  2. Bot Players.    On average my games are 2 minutes with 30 games that is a minimum of an hour.  But I also have a life that medically requires me to get up from the computer and that time away is added into the game play time.    It asks me at the end of my answers / responses each time if the other persons  information "solved my problem" and they give me five stars.  I have to say Terry, ten stars for stepping up however, for the Microsoft forum bot / monitor I had to give 1 star because you and I both still have the same problem.  Being ignored.

YEsterdays game 5th sept 2018 was finished in under 15 minutes by 4 people, the lowest being 13 minutes, impossible

There is an easy solution, which may bring even more profit to MS: they should organize a live tournament with some $ rewards. Let us see how they play. There may be cheaters, but I never considered that, I was always too impressed by the possibility that there are some really good players and wanted to see how these brilliant minds look like, as an inspiration. And a cash rewarded public display of their skill may resolve all this.

There is a workaround for those who want to be objectively ranked among non-cheaters: there are 3 leaderboards, and one of them is "Friends". You only have to go to some social platform, make friends with like-minded people, non-cheaters, trust them and add them as friends. That scoreboard would give us a clue about best times for non-cheating players and about human limits. It may be a good idea to have people of your age in your Friends list.

But even the leaderboard as it is now gives me a decent estimation. In a group of 100 I always have to beware of those with more #1 places than me. At the end of the day, final group leaderboard is fairly reasonable.

Sometimes there is a bug. In May 2018 I have sent MSC a message via Facebook about finishing first game in 41 seconds, but leaderboard was showing 1:38. They resolved this and now it seems to be OK.

I am currently 11/7/11 (#1/2/3 place) and I also experienced an improvement of my skills. In the beginning I never thought #1 would be possible for me. Then I did it a couple of times. I have made my place in the upper part of the board and was stuck there for months. Recently I tried to be more focused and in last 10 events I had 2 third places, 3 second places and 2 first places, holding a first place in the current event, 8 hours before it ends. I am 55 and knowing how good teens are in gaming, I think it is quite possible that there are some young players who can solve everything in the half of my time. If we only saw one on Youtube, like that Chinese kid solving 3 Rubik cubes in the air, while juggling them...