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NING should introduce the like button. would make things much easier - for me at least. This collection looks magnificent and is a must have even though its not rococo :PI like!
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House & Garden
NING should introduce the like button. would make things much easier - for me at least. This collection looks magnificent and is a must have even though its not rococo :PI like!
[BB] Robe a la Francaise (The Rochefort)
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always paying homage to some particular personages? :P
Desinvolte Collection!!!
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its clearly a must have for every gentlemen. trasgo you are divine! thats the collection we have been waiting for
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Galantes Versailles is a german book by a FEMALE historian. I do not think there is an english version. However, this woman has doen a great. she even made me smile and laugh at times
Moments in the memory...
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what a lovely idea monsieur le comte!I would love to share some scandalous details of my past in second life too lol.My second life like yours I assume started in one of the historical courts. Shortly after my account was created I found Versailles and joined the court connected to this sim which was formally known as Court of Louis XIV. I looked ridiculous when I first went to see the palace. I looked like a noob -a newbie without appropriate clothes. and back then in 2007 there were no freebie clothes like now. The first dress I bought was by Nonna Hedges - a designer I still admire. I was so proud of my first rococo gown and just loved that wig Nonna had included in the package. I also adored my rococo skin. I was all white with rouge on my cheeks and a lovely black dot below my eye. I looked like a doll . . .or rather like a dead body. Nowadays I would say that I looked ridiculous.I must admit that life in the courts wasn't always easy. It was marked by up and downs (but well thats SL). . .however I met many interesting and lovely personages that have become good friends. Ever since people have come and gone. in the last few months I have met so many new people that already mean the world to me. The communities are full of new faces which is quite refreshing.The most remarkable events of my second life?- when I bought my first rococo gowns- when I met celebrian ceawlin, duchess of ravenspur and maria- the grand ball at chateau des loups (yes I do remember that too) which was a great event I will never forget. I still have a photo which was taken by celebrian. its truly beautiful- the day when Nonna told me a french investor wanted us to rebuild versailles on 6 simsIn general I still remember how I met every single personage (nokidding lol) roleplaying at the court of versailles. all of them have become a sort of sl family.
Non-authentic Music
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I do agree with you guys. It is hard to find a free stream that provides baroque and accurate music for free (there are however some exceptions). I visit the Duch from time to time to wander around and like so many other people enjoy the setting and landscape (after all there is no historical sim of such extent where you can test your carriages^^).Nonetheless it is possible to rent streams in SL and the pricing is in fact reasonable. Unfortunately a server you rent also needs music in order to fulfill its purpose. CDs that are purchased legally are expensive. Esspecially recordings of baroque music are very rare. I personally started collecting such CDs at the age of 13 so I can provide a variety of composers.For the sake of baroque music I would like to offer you my service as DJ. And I wouldn't take any money for something I consider a pleasure. If you are interested you know where you can find me
they may be strict. but as tatiana stated our communities have different goals. I think that makes it very refreshing for both communities actually. We want to convey a realistic Versailles, as it might have looked in the past. And etiquette was part of it. It actually gave the courtiers a proper sense of purpose.I would not go so far to consider the duch a court. It is as the name tells you a duch where people of all classes lived together. whereas only nobles were able to reside in the palace at versailles. the politicians had to travel back to paris or had an appartment in the town of versailles. both servants and soldiers also did not sleep in the palace. except for the capitaine de la garde suisse of course whose family had its own appartment in the palace.an interaction is possible. I do not agree with you here. one must just respect each other's rules and roleplay concept.besides, i also wanted to remind you that there is a post box in versailles. we created it to deal exacatly with such cases and also improve.
this hasn't happened in any of the roleplay meetings I have attended. again you HEARD that. I would clearly like to ask people to differ between between what you heard and what you know.and no I do not think that it was very productive in general to have dicussed this here. wouldnt it have been more sensible to just go to the source and speak to it? that means the moderators of versailles. instead of pointing with the finger at someone in public?I am not sure if this discussion has refreshed anything. it has been negatively surprising for many people I know. I have also apologised to miss colinson. and we can only hope that people will act more patiently. its nothing that can always be expected. We are after all human beings that get into different moods.
Grettings to all those who have contributed to this discussion so far and thank you also to Penelope who was so kind to tell us her honest opinion. I have been reading these comments and thought about them for a while.It is indeed unfortunate that you were given the feeling of not being welcome Penelope. I do deeply regret this, saying this as the moderator and Lead Architect of Versailles. First of all I would like to apologise for this incident. A "bonjour" would have been crucial at least. I usually tend to remind newcomers of that rule in OOC (with brackets) or in IM chat.On the other hand I would like to make some things clear here. I do appreciate that you shared your view on this with all of us. I must admit that I get the impression that you are however vieweing things from a personal point of view. I do not mean to criticize this, its natural. But what we expect each visitor to do - and yes it IS possible to visit Versailles as tourist in OOC - is to read our rules. You wouldn't even have had to read all the rules. In order to make things easier for visitors we have restructured the rules. There are now two sections: General Rules of Conduct and Communiy Guidelines. The latter are only for those who want to participate in the roleplay whereas the first - that are quite short - are meant to be read by all visitors. Our notecards - if read with attention - would have also provided a so called OOC tag. This OOC tag would have let the other roleplayers know that you are just visiting the palace and that you will not roleplay - as a matter of a fact nobody would have been bothered to remind you of our rule in this case. Since you did not do so the courtiers assumed that you had read the rules (both rules of conduct and community guidelines). Thus, they reminded you of that one rule. They might have sound harsh and unfriendly. But I suppose this is one of the major problems of SL, we cannot emote all the time. You see that such issues come from a missing attention to some basic rules of this place.I think I am speaking for all active courtiers if I say that the attitudes towards and opinions about Versailles hown here were uttered by people I have personally never seen at this place. We are in fact a friendly court. Our registered courtiers often come up to me telling me that we gave them a sort of family feeling and that they - some of them are even newbies - were able to find friends here.Yes the rules of Versailles for those who want to roleplay and show up with any title ARE strict. That's because we want to have a historically accurate court. I do not say that other courts are less accurate though. It is our goal to give people roleplaying here a feeling of what the court actually looked like back then. Thats why we also introduced the ranking system. Versailles wasn't all about tea parties and standing in circles and having some nice chats. The family networks were of great importance. We also have an educational goal: You can learn a lot about the history and system of this court here just by living history. Thanks to MariaTheresa we also have historical salons where we have discussions about interesting topics regarding life at court. You also mentionned that many courts experienced a downfall.The reason for that was probably more their lack of interesting ideas that turned their members off. Besides the new French court community is about to celebrate its 1st anniversaryI do not mean to sound harsh. But our rules can be understood easily if they are actually read. It has been a lot of work to simplify them for tourist/OOC visitors, and thus we expect visitors to read them carefully naturally. I actually wonder if you have ever gone to other roleplay places in SL? They are not less strict there.This is the first time that I join such a discussion on the Ning. I regret this site is turning into a place where people pour out their SL disappointment and frustration. Discussions like "What I actually always wanted to say before I quit" are followed by defaming messages about members of other communities. Wouldnt it be more sensible to talk about such issues inworld? For instance an IM is quicker and less counter productive.Tahnk you for your attention. If there are any things you would like to say. Please just send me an IM.