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

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