Not as bad as I thought?

[AliceMoonvale]

Royal Road.
I don't think I need to explain, we know.

It's just, I've had no personal experience with the site and I've only seen people be like "Royal Road, more like Retard Road!"
"LITRPG ADDICTS THAT ARE KIDS WHO CAN'T READ"

Despite all the negativity I seen on here and other sites, I decided to try posting my slow-burn psych-horror, zombie apocalypse diary on there. It's definitely uh, niche, to say the least, so I went in expecting literally nothing because I'm cringe and I'm free. However, I was quite surprised by how normal it is there? I haven't seen or experienced anything too weird yet in the month I've been posting. Then again, I've been mildly active on the forums.

And despite my story being a bit off-meta, I've received a decent amount of views and some genuinely nice feedback in forms of reviews and comments I definitely wasn't expecting, since I do nearly no promotion. Haven't gotten anything malicious or purely in bad faith, which is surprising because my writing (especially for this story) is very meme-coded with heavy comedic tones and moderate swearing. It's very sarcastic and chaotic, but I guess my passion for my own story shines through? I also do a LOT of "I'm trusting you guys to piece things together on your own and not rely on me directly spoon-feeding you".

Just felt like sharing my positive experience with Retard Road, but maybe that's why it's been positive for me?
because I'm autistic and these are my people?

 

[Envylope]

I have also gotten a review shortly after posting that was nice and a bunch of nice comments, but I am writing LitRPG there. A while ago, I got negativity a lot more there, but I am starting to understand the Royal Sloppers.

They want slop just as much as SH readers, but they want it delivered with a nice packaging. If you have good writing and flow to go with your slop, the Royal Sloppers will like it.

 

[AliceMoonvale]

What's funny is that one of my reviews is essentially: "not the greatest writing in the world, but I feel that shit. It works."
And it's like ayyyy someone can appreciate my cringe for what it is.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

Funny how you still call it retard road even after talking positive about it.

also, Gudetama would be disappointed in you.

 

[AliceMoonvale]

Funny how you still call it retard road even after talking positive about it.

also, Gudetama would be disappointed in you.

Because I don't see calling it Retard Road as a negative, because I am legally retarded and it sounds like a custom site for me.
Your surrogate NTR mothers would be disappointed in you.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

Because I don't see calling it Retard Road as a negative, because I am legally retarded and it sounds like a custom site for me.
Your surrogate NTR mothers would be disappointed in you.

I don’t have a surrogate NTR mother. So if the ones you identified as that are disappointed, I wouldn’t care.

since you state you are legally retarded, you probably have a problem with identifying the correct relationships between strangers.

Also, old age can impair your memory as well.

take better care of your health, grandma.

 

[AliceMoonvale]

I don’t have a surrogate NTR mother. So if the ones you identified as that are disappointed, I wouldn’t care.

since you state you are legally retarded, you probably have a problem with identifying the correct relationships between strangers.

Also, old age can impair your memory as well.

take better care of your health, grandma.

I think you also belong on Retard Road.
Last I checked, I was in my 30s, not 90s.
I have a problem identifying what you're on about.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

I think you also belong on Retard Road.
Last I checked, I was in my 30s, not 90s.
I have a problem identifying what you're on about.

Rule of the Internet, women are either 1/3rd of or 3x their stated age.

As I don’t think retarded 10 year old can type like you do, it must be well…

 

[Sylver]

It's the place where writers go to make a living with patreon, subscribestar and ko-fi. I saw one guy make 5 figures monthly through Royal Road. Ugh, how I envy them.

I'd love to give it a shot over there. But well, I write smut with story, fantasy action, cat girls and magic. Which sounds really cool but is surprisingly niche when it comes to impact and reception. I got good views but with low likes and comments it really feels like... well, inactive despite my scheduled weekend chapters

Royal Road is quite strict with accepting nsfw stories like mine I don't think they would let me post over there.

 

[Envylope]

Rule of the Internet, women are either 1/3rd of or 3x their stated age.

As I don’t think retarded 10 year old can type like you do, it must be well…

Wait, my stated age is 2700. How old am I?

 

[AnonUnlimited]

Wait, my stated age is 2700. How old am I?

900

 

[AliceMoonvale]

I have also gotten a review shortly after posting that was nice and a bunch of nice comments, but I am writing LitRPG there. A while ago, I got negativity a lot more there, but I am starting to understand the Royal Sloppers.

They want slop just as much as SH readers, but they want it delivered with a nice packaging. If you have good writing and flow to go with your slop, the Royal Sloppers will like it.

Also, what kind of negativity were you getting?
Was it like: "I NEED LE NUMBERS TO GO BRRRR OR I CANT SLEEP, UR NOT DOING IT RITE"

 

[CinnaSloth]

what numbers do you consider "doing well" in RR vs SH?

 

[Envylope]

Also, what kind of negativity were you getting?
Was it like: "I NEED LE NUMBERS TO GO BRRRR OR I CANT SLEEP, UR NOT DOING IT RITE"

No, it wasn't that. They were complaining about my MC making stupid mistakes.

 

[AliceMoonvale]

what numbers do you consider "doing well" in RR vs SH?

I personally think I'm doing well since I have double or nearly triple the engagement than I do on SH.

No, it wasn't that. They were complaining about my MC making stupid mistakes.

Ahhh right. Kinda like how I'll see comments on web toons being like: omg FML is so stuuuupid, why did she do that?
I still see it as some form of engagement. lmao

 

[TinaMigarlo]

Rule of the Internet, women are either 1/3rd of or 3x their stated age.

As I don’t think retarded 10 year old can type like you do, it must be well…

ouch.

 

[Nolff]

I personally think I'm doing well since I have double or nearly triple the engagement than I do on SH.

Hmm, yes. The monkey-brain of RR might help me with my endeavor of GameDev compare to the lizard-brain SH users.

Gonna cross-post then, see ya!

 

[Envylope]

I personally think I'm doing well since I have double or nearly triple the engagement than I do on SH.

Ahhh right. Kinda like how I'll see comments on web toons being like: omg FML is so stuuuupid, why did she do that?
I still see it as some form of engagement. lmao

Same. Today, my finished story got a huge rant from someone calling it the biggest waste of time while praising the R18 scenes. Why was it a waste of time, you ask?

He said it's because the people in the novel with power used that power to enact their will. How many chapters did this guy read? Over 100 chapters this guy read...

 

[Rachel_Leia_Cole]

I was going to post my slow burn fantasy novel on there, but where I had it on two other platforms, it kept getting denied. I was worried about posting it though, as it’s not the usual thing on there. So I decided to try on here instead and have been pleasantly surprised. After hearing some of the feedback people have gotten, I’m leery about RR. I’m open to feedback, but random “this sucks” or “how stupid” comments help no one.

 

[Cardon]

It's comfy there, even if it's a bit quiet. People have been nice so far despite me writing off-meta with my sorta Light Novel approach, but then again, not many webnovel sites seem to be made for that, lol. Honeyfeed is supposed to be the site with ties to the Light Novel industry but they don't even allow me to embed illustrations.

Could do without the unsolicited shoutout swap request DMs tho.