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

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