"it is a badthing thathigher rankedfictions getmore views""okay, but havingless negativeratings wouldmake it so usersgive more storiesa chance""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toreaders""okay, but authorswould never abuse itto create an unequalsituation by usingvarying levels ofaggressive tactics tocoerce feedback""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toauthors""negativefeedback isinherentlybad""you can giveidealpersonalisedsuggestionswithout ratings""we needmore fivestarratings""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""okay, but RRdoesn't actuallytry to providelists not basedon ratings""you can evaluatesubjectivequality/suitabilitybased only onpositive feedback""the number ofchapters read islinearlyproportional withhow well-formed areaders opinion is""okay, but it'd betrivial to weighratings based onat least the first10 chapterreads""ratingsaffectvisibility onall lists""a 0.5 starrating isneverjustifiable""okay, but thereis only biaswhen talkingabout ratingsless than 3stars""there is onlybias whentalking about0.5 starratings"“reminding readersto rate or reviewwould lead to anobjectively betterrating system""giving readersreading suggestionsirrespective of otherreaders opinionsdoes not result in aworse experience"“okay, but once it'simplemented, it'd bea foolproof way toprevent drive-byratings. Users wouldabsolutely not dotheir best to bypassit""you cangive idealpersonalisedsuggestions""having a lowaverage ratingmeans readersdismiss my novelthen they go dosomething else otherthan reading""okay, but you canobjectively evaluate itbased on thepercentage ofreaders willing to givepositive feedback""ratings under 4stars mean deathbecause that'swhat the usersdecided to drawthe line at""the rating systembehaves differentlyfrom a binaryrating systemmathematically""everyone havingless negativeratings wouldimproveeveryone'srankings""it's RR's faultthat gettingtraction as anew author ishard""it is a badthing thathigher rankedfictions getmore views""okay, but havingless negativeratings wouldmake it so usersgive more storiesa chance""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toreaders""okay, but authorswould never abuse itto create an unequalsituation by usingvarying levels ofaggressive tactics tocoerce feedback""removingratingscompletely isbeneficial toauthors""negativefeedback isinherentlybad""you can giveidealpersonalisedsuggestionswithout ratings""we needmore fivestarratings""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""okay, but RRdoesn't actuallytry to providelists not basedon ratings""you can evaluatesubjectivequality/suitabilitybased only onpositive feedback""the number ofchapters read islinearlyproportional withhow well-formed areaders opinion is""okay, but it'd betrivial to weighratings based onat least the first10 chapterreads""ratingsaffectvisibility onall lists""a 0.5 starrating isneverjustifiable""okay, but thereis only biaswhen talkingabout ratingsless than 3stars""there is onlybias whentalking about0.5 starratings"“reminding readersto rate or reviewwould lead to anobjectively betterrating system""giving readersreading suggestionsirrespective of otherreaders opinionsdoes not result in aworse experience"“okay, but once it'simplemented, it'd bea foolproof way toprevent drive-byratings. Users wouldabsolutely not dotheir best to bypassit""you cangive idealpersonalisedsuggestions""having a lowaverage ratingmeans readersdismiss my novelthen they go dosomething else otherthan reading""okay, but you canobjectively evaluate itbased on thepercentage ofreaders willing to givepositive feedback""ratings under 4stars mean deathbecause that'swhat the usersdecided to drawthe line at""the rating systembehaves differentlyfrom a binaryrating systemmathematically""everyone havingless negativeratings wouldimproveeveryone'srankings""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. "it is a bad thing that higher ranked fictions get more views"
  2. "okay, but having less negative ratings would make it so users give more stories a chance"
  3. "removing ratings completely is beneficial to readers"
  4. "okay, but authors would never abuse it to create an unequal situation by using varying levels of aggressive tactics to coerce feedback"
  5. "removing ratings completely is beneficial to authors"
  6. "negative feedback is inherently bad"
  7. "you can give ideal personalised suggestions without ratings"
  8. "we need more five star ratings"
  9. "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"
  10. "okay, but RR doesn't actually try to provide lists not based on ratings"
  11. "you can evaluate subjective quality/suitability based only on positive feedback"
  12. "the number of chapters read is linearly proportional with how well-formed a readers opinion is"
  13. "okay, but it'd be trivial to weigh ratings based on at least the first 10 chapter reads"
  14. "ratings affect visibility on all lists"
  15. "a 0.5 star rating is never justifiable"
  16. "okay, but there is only bias when talking about ratings less than 3 stars"
  17. "there is only bias when talking about 0.5 star ratings"
  18. “reminding readers to rate or review would lead to an objectively better rating system"
  19. "giving readers reading suggestions irrespective of other readers opinions does not result in a worse experience"
  20. “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"
  21. "you can give ideal personalised suggestions"
  22. "having a low average rating means readers dismiss my novel then they go do something else other than reading"
  23. "okay, but you can objectively evaluate it based on the percentage of readers willing to give positive feedback"
  24. "ratings under 4 stars mean death because that's what the users decided to draw the line at"
  25. "the rating system behaves differently from a binary rating system mathematically"
  26. "everyone having less negative ratings would improve everyone's rankings"
  27. "it's RR's fault that getting traction as a new author is hard"