*looks at Ahnion with a raised eyebrow*
You're pretty quick to ascribe views to me
You're largely correct of course, except that in any setting, making it work is the most important. That's really a pretty simple truism, so I can't be opposed to that. It comes before everything else.
But.. Yes, if I meet a dwarf, or an elf, in LotRO, I expect a dwarven/elven greeting, and some understanding of the lore, or I will feel elitistically smug and offended at the same time ;D
Which is the same in any setting - it breaks my immersion when people have not made a little effort in knowing the lore/their person/etc. It's not even hard. Fling off a few standard greetings, learn as you go, read 2 pages of Wiki LotR dwarven lore, and there you have it. Same goes for any other setting.
I'm sure that's what people did in that Holotrek event.. Except that they might already all have been ST experts, hehe.