Bonjour madame,I am a relative newcomer to role-play - and to Second Life in general - but quite contrary to your opinion I have found the rococo role-play community as a whole, and the people at Versailles in particular, to be incredibly open and receptive to new members. They are fantastic teachers, very accommodating to people who are maybe not 100% sure of the etiquette requirements or titles (I've read countless books on the 18th century but am still only just getting to grips with which comtesses are addresses as highness!!), and just a wonderful bunch of people who work very very hard indeed to make Versailles a fantastic place for us all to RP in, both those actually building the palace itself and those who populate it.If you are out-of-character, it is best to wear the OOC tag - I am uncertain how you were attired, but certainly if I saw people walking the palace grounds in eighteenth-century costume I would assume they were part of the role-play. Hence, I would treat them as a fellow noble and would expect them to behave in the same fashion - and, as a character, I would probably be quite miffed if someone didn't behave in a suitably courtier-ly manner (that isn't a word, I don't think, but it works!!)Generally, I must confess, this is how I RP. If someone is OOC or in modern clothes I take them as an observer of role-play - if they say hello I will of course converse with them, but if not I let them just watch the RP and don't really interact. I'm sorry if you felt any hostility, I am sure this was not the intention.As for hostility in role-play, I must say I have encountered MUCH more hostile and unfriendly environments. Environments where you will be forcibly ejected unless you wear certain clothes and attach certain HUDS, or if you say certain things. I don't feel Versailles is unfriendly at all, but you must be aware, as with so many placed, that you are stepping into a RP area and behave according to the rules provided.
