"everyone havingless negativeratings wouldimproveeveryone'srankings""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toreaders""there is onlybias whentalking about0.5 starratings""okay, but thereis only biaswhen talkingabout ratingsless than 3stars""okay, but havingless negativeratings wouldmake it so usersgive more storiesa chance""negativefeedback isinherentlybad""we needmore fivestarratings""okay, but it'd betrivial to weighratings based onat least the first10 chapterreads""having a lowaverage ratingmeans readersdismiss my novelthen they go dosomething else otherthan reading""what do you meanreaders would justraise the bar? That'sabsolutely not how itworks, that's how whyusers draw the line atthe neutral unbiasedmean of 2.75 stars""the rating systembehaves differentlyfrom a binaryrating systemmathematically"“okay, but once it'simplemented, it'd bea foolproof way toprevent drive-byratings. Users wouldabsolutely not dotheir best to bypassit""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toauthors""the number ofchapters read islinearlyproportional withhow well-formed areaders opinion is"“reminding readersto rate or reviewwould lead to anobjectively betterrating system""you can evaluatesubjectivequality/suitabilitybased only onpositive feedback""ratingsaffectvisibility onall lists""ratings under 4stars mean deathbecause that'swhat the usersdecided to drawthe line at""you can giveidealpersonalisedsuggestionswithout ratings""it is a badthing thathigher rankedfictions getmore views""okay, but you canobjectively evaluate itbased on thepercentage ofreaders willing to givepositive feedback""giving readersreading suggestionsirrespective of otherreaders opinionsdoes not result in aworse experience""a 0.5 starrating isneverjustifiable""okay, but authorswould never abuse itto create an unequalsituation by usingvarying levels ofaggressive tactics tocoerce feedback""you cangive idealpersonalisedsuggestions""it's RR's faultthat gettingtraction as anew author ishard""okay, but RRdoesn't actuallytry to providelists not basedon ratings""everyone havingless negativeratings wouldimproveeveryone'srankings""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toreaders""there is onlybias whentalking about0.5 starratings""okay, but thereis only biaswhen talkingabout ratingsless than 3stars""okay, but havingless negativeratings wouldmake it so usersgive more storiesa chance""negativefeedback isinherentlybad""we needmore fivestarratings""okay, but it'd betrivial to weighratings based onat least the first10 chapterreads""having a lowaverage ratingmeans readersdismiss my novelthen they go dosomething else otherthan reading""what do you meanreaders would justraise the bar? That'sabsolutely not how itworks, that's how whyusers draw the line atthe neutral unbiasedmean of 2.75 stars""the rating systembehaves differentlyfrom a binaryrating systemmathematically"“okay, but once it'simplemented, it'd bea foolproof way toprevent drive-byratings. Users wouldabsolutely not dotheir best to bypassit""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toauthors""the number ofchapters read islinearlyproportional withhow well-formed areaders opinion is"“reminding readersto rate or reviewwould lead to anobjectively betterrating system""you can evaluatesubjectivequality/suitabilitybased only onpositive feedback""ratingsaffectvisibility onall lists""ratings under 4stars mean deathbecause that'swhat the usersdecided to drawthe line at""you can giveidealpersonalisedsuggestionswithout ratings""it is a badthing thathigher rankedfictions getmore views""okay, but you canobjectively evaluate itbased on thepercentage ofreaders willing to givepositive feedback""giving readersreading suggestionsirrespective of otherreaders opinionsdoes not result in aworse experience""a 0.5 starrating isneverjustifiable""okay, but authorswould never abuse itto create an unequalsituation by usingvarying levels ofaggressive tactics tocoerce feedback""you cangive idealpersonalisedsuggestions""it's RR's faultthat gettingtraction as anew author ishard""okay, but RRdoesn't actuallytry to providelists not basedon ratings"

Royal Road Review Rationales - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. "everyone having less negative ratings would improve everyone's rankings"
  2. "removing ratings completely is beneficial to readers"
  3. "there is only bias when talking about 0.5 star ratings"
  4. "okay, but there is only bias when talking about ratings less than 3 stars"
  5. "okay, but having less negative ratings would make it so users give more stories a chance"
  6. "negative feedback is inherently bad"
  7. "we need more five star ratings"
  8. "okay, but it'd be trivial to weigh ratings based on at least the first 10 chapter reads"
  9. "having a low average rating means readers dismiss my novel then they go do something else other than reading"
  10. "what do you mean readers would just raise the bar? That's absolutely not how it works, that's how why users draw the line at the neutral unbiased mean of 2.75 stars"
  11. "the rating system behaves differently from a binary rating system mathematically"
  12. “okay, but once it's implemented, it'd be a foolproof way to prevent drive-by ratings. Users would absolutely not do their best to bypass it"
  13. "removing ratings completely is beneficial to authors"
  14. "the number of chapters read is linearly proportional with how well-formed a readers opinion is"
  15. “reminding readers to rate or review would lead to an objectively better rating system"
  16. "you can evaluate subjective quality/suitability based only on positive feedback"
  17. "ratings affect visibility on all lists"
  18. "ratings under 4 stars mean death because that's what the users decided to draw the line at"
  19. "you can give ideal personalised suggestions without ratings"
  20. "it is a bad thing that higher ranked fictions get more views"
  21. "okay, but you can objectively evaluate it based on the percentage of readers willing to give positive feedback"
  22. "giving readers reading suggestions irrespective of other readers opinions does not result in a worse experience"
  23. "a 0.5 star rating is never justifiable"
  24. "okay, but authors would never abuse it to create an unequal situation by using varying levels of aggressive tactics to coerce feedback"
  25. "you can give ideal personalised suggestions"
  26. "it's RR's fault that getting traction as a new author is hard"
  27. "okay, but RR doesn't actually try to provide lists not based on ratings"