Reader Reception: SH vs RR! (rant warning: f-bombs abound)

TheEldritchGod

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you know what, you are right. The dashboard only goes back like 16 chapters or so. I figured it was a premium feature to edit further back than that. It is just a more confusing GUI than scribblehub. All chapter editing is in another sub menu.
Ah. They just confuse you. I was going to say, If I can't delete my shit if I want to, then I'm not putting it up.
 

melchi

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Ah. They just confuse you. I was going to say, If I can't delete my shit if I want to, then I'm not putting it up.
Yeah I remember combining some chapters on SH because they were too short but couldn't figure out how to do it in RR and got frustrated.
 

Paul_Tromba

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Yeah I remember combining some chapters on SH because they were too short but couldn't figure out how to do it in RR and got frustrated.
I should probably combine some of my chapters. Though I have so many that I would be bumped down in view count. Have to weight the options.
 

Beta_Krogoth

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My shit seems to have been welcome on both RR and SH despite being weird-futa-horror-thriller--corruption-action-smut stuff, I did get some initial review bombs but the admins removed them, since then, been slow but steady growth. Been more popular in general on SH, lots more readers over here but less comments.
 

prissi

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RR can edit all chapters. Content -> chapters, no paywall whatsoever.
Coming from RR, I found SH a little more confusing. But feeling more lightweight in a positive sense.
On RR something without LitRPG has certainly a tougher standing (10% of growth) compared similar "quality" LitRPG.
(I have never found the appeal of a Big Brother system, happy to have survived ocld war and socialism as a child ... )
 

mitkopom

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I'm almost finished with the first volume of Villainess, Retry! One more chapter left. Anyway, since this is a rant, please excuse me:

After writing and posting the book on both sites, I can confidently say that RR is not a good fit for Villainess, Retry! I think, since RR is predominantly focused on litRPG / isekai stories where there's OP MCs who have all the agency and badassery in the world to begin with, readers there aren't used to reading a story where the MC actually has to endure a hostile environment that's out to harm said MC, who's not able to deal with it YET! So, of course, my villainess isn't an isekaied girl who knows the events and tricks to foil the two-faced heroine or knows the events and tricks to turn the hostile male love interests to her side in a single confrontation with her haters! She's not that kind of MC, and my story's not a f*cking litRPG story!

To me, suffering builds character, and obstacles need to be difficult for stories to hold my interest, because after reading countless villainess manga and manhwa and manhua and written stories, I've realized I tend to stick with the ones that have me rooting for the underdog villainess, the ones that have real consequences for her outside of wussy exile, the ones where I don't get bored knowing that it'll be an easy win for the villainess if she just gives it a half-assed try! Hence, call me a sadist, but I prefer my villainess with an emotional involvment in the story beyond the superficial 'The prince is an asshole, and the heroine's a bitch, but I don't give a f*ck, b/c I know the f*cking plot and can own your f*cking asses anytime I want!'-attitude, b/c I'm f*cking tired of reading villainess MCs that act like this! After reading countless villainess MCs like this, I've been itching for a villainess that acts like a f*cking human being! You know, cry? Be sad? Be angry? Be bitchy? You know, someone that gives a f*ck? But since there's literally none I could find, I wrote it myself.

So now to the RR reviewers and commenters of my book there, I will address you thus:

F*ck your complaints about my MC having no f*cking agency! It's a f*cking villainess story where she has to deal with f*ckers trying to f*ck with her all the f*cking time, for f*cks sake, you f*cks! It takes time for MCs to build up their agency, b/c it takes time for the story to unfold! It's called a f*cking character arc! Don't like it? Then f*ck off!

End of rant:

Thank you for bearing with me there. Truth be told, they're not total f*ck-bags. I'm just a bit miffed with a good does of villainess hot flashes. But compared to the reception Villainess, Retry!'s had on SH, it's been pretty good here, way better than on RR. So my questions to you are these:

For those who posted their stories in RR and SH, how's the reader reception for them in both sites? Were there any differences? Was that why you also post on this site? I can't be the only one, right? Right? :cry:
Don't be mad. The RR audience is just adicted to LITRPGs. If you had added just few blue screens with system messages even it had not any influence to the plot , I bet RR audience's reaction would have 180 degrees. hehe.
 
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