"negativefeedback isinherentlybad""you can evaluatesubjectivequality/suitabilitybased only onpositive feedback""ratings under 4stars mean deathbecause that'swhat the usersdecided to drawthe line at""ratingsaffectvisibility onall lists""you can giveidealpersonalisedsuggestionswithout ratings""okay, but authorswould never abuse itto create an unequalsituation by usingvarying levels ofaggressive tactics tocoerce feedback"“reminding readersto rate or reviewwould lead to anobjectively betterrating system""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toauthors""you cangive idealpersonalisedsuggestions""the rating systembehaves differentlyfrom a binaryrating systemmathematically""having a lowaverage ratingmeans readersdismiss my novelthen they go dosomething else otherthan reading"“okay, but once it'simplemented, it'd bea foolproof way toprevent drive-byratings. Users wouldabsolutely not dotheir best to bypassit""it is a badthing thathigher rankedfictions getmore views""giving readersreading suggestionsirrespective of otherreaders opinionsdoes not result in aworse experience""everyone havingless negativeratings wouldimproveeveryone'srankings""okay, but it'd betrivial to weighratings based onat least the first10 chapterreads""okay, but RRdoesn't actuallytry to providelists not basedon ratings""okay, but havingless negativeratings wouldmake it so usersgive more storiesa chance""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""we needmore fivestarratings""okay, but thereis only biaswhen talkingabout ratingsless than 3stars""okay, but you canobjectively evaluate itbased on thepercentage ofreaders willing to givepositive feedback""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toreaders""the number ofchapters read islinearlyproportional withhow well-formed areaders opinion is""a 0.5 starrating isneverjustifiable""it's RR's faultthat gettingtraction as anew author ishard""negativefeedback isinherentlybad""you can evaluatesubjectivequality/suitabilitybased only onpositive feedback""ratings under 4stars mean deathbecause that'swhat the usersdecided to drawthe line at""ratingsaffectvisibility onall lists""you can giveidealpersonalisedsuggestionswithout ratings""okay, but authorswould never abuse itto create an unequalsituation by usingvarying levels ofaggressive tactics tocoerce feedback"“reminding readersto rate or reviewwould lead to anobjectively betterrating system""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toauthors""you cangive idealpersonalisedsuggestions""the rating systembehaves differentlyfrom a binaryrating systemmathematically""having a lowaverage ratingmeans readersdismiss my novelthen they go dosomething else otherthan reading"“okay, but once it'simplemented, it'd bea foolproof way toprevent drive-byratings. Users wouldabsolutely not dotheir best to bypassit""it is a badthing thathigher rankedfictions getmore views""giving readersreading suggestionsirrespective of otherreaders opinionsdoes not result in aworse experience""everyone havingless negativeratings wouldimproveeveryone'srankings""okay, but it'd betrivial to weighratings based onat least the first10 chapterreads""okay, but RRdoesn't actuallytry to providelists not basedon ratings""okay, but havingless negativeratings wouldmake it so usersgive more storiesa chance""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""we needmore fivestarratings""okay, but thereis only biaswhen talkingabout ratingsless than 3stars""okay, but you canobjectively evaluate itbased on thepercentage ofreaders willing to givepositive feedback""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toreaders""the number ofchapters read islinearlyproportional withhow well-formed areaders opinion is""a 0.5 starrating isneverjustifiable""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. "negative feedback is inherently bad"
  2. "you can evaluate subjective quality/suitability based only on positive feedback"
  3. "ratings under 4 stars mean death because that's what the users decided to draw the line at"
  4. "ratings affect visibility on all lists"
  5. "you can give ideal personalised suggestions without ratings"
  6. "okay, but authors would never abuse it to create an unequal situation by using varying levels of aggressive tactics to coerce feedback"
  7. “reminding readers to rate or review would lead to an objectively better rating system"
  8. "removing ratings completely is beneficial to authors"
  9. "you can give ideal personalised suggestions"
  10. "the rating system behaves differently from a binary rating system mathematically"
  11. "having a low average rating means readers dismiss my novel then they go do something else other than reading"
  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. "it is a bad thing that higher ranked fictions get more views"
  14. "giving readers reading suggestions irrespective of other readers opinions does not result in a worse experience"
  15. "everyone having less negative ratings would improve everyone's rankings"
  16. "okay, but it'd be trivial to weigh ratings based on at least the first 10 chapter reads"
  17. "okay, but RR doesn't actually try to provide lists not based on ratings"
  18. "okay, but having less negative ratings would make it so users give more stories a chance"
  19. "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"
  20. "there is only bias when talking about 0.5 star ratings"
  21. "we need more five star ratings"
  22. "okay, but there is only bias when talking about ratings less than 3 stars"
  23. "okay, but you can objectively evaluate it based on the percentage of readers willing to give positive feedback"
  24. "removing ratings completely is beneficial to readers"
  25. "the number of chapters read is linearly proportional with how well-formed a readers opinion is"
  26. "a 0.5 star rating is never justifiable"
  27. "it's RR's fault that getting traction as a new author is hard"