Should the time frame to be a Founder be expanded as POTCO ages?
 

I think that as POTCO continues to grow and age the time frame to be included as a Founder should be expanded. At first having a month and a half window was good during the first year but as we approach the second year it will become both a very small percentage of players and time frame that the game has been out. What are your opinions and if yes what kinda time frame and should you have to of been unlimited the whole time to be included?

Nope. A founder is a Founder. I don't see any reason to redefine what a founder is so long-time players can have something fancy on their heads.



Bart "Not a Founder Here or on POTCO" Foulsteel

Change the status?

That's like add more Founding Fathers of our country. Maybe they need a new level to honor pirate who've played more than a year and still are.

well i would say yes to those people who have played for a year unlimited then it says something

but i would really like it if POTCO explained what a founder was when you first start playing and not having to ask someone

No, but recognition for staying loyal for over a year would be nice. I do want the Sparrow that was sent to Founders.

No definately not, as Bart said.... a founder is a founder.

First Kudos to all Founders... You were here when it started, you deserve the title.

However I personally think the emphasis of being a "Founder" is a bit overboard.
All they did was find out about the game and pull their creditcards out of their wallets faster than the rest of us.

Having some form of recognition towards players that have had a long tenor... well that would be nice, but would be just one more thing to slow forward development down.

Founders are Founders! I am not a Founder here or on Pixie Hollow although I wish I had known about both to be a Founder but that is a special status & I respect that. On PH they do also have birthday/anniversary dates. You get a Badge on your anniversary. That is a nice idea. Maybe on POTCO they could have different colors for each anniversary year. That would be nice, besides Founders. Founders are a special group & should stay so :)

It would be nice if the emphasis was changed from Founder "the ones who registered before December 2nd" to a multi-colour system based on periods of time (such as every six months they assigned all player who joined during that period a colour).

Or the longer your a member the colour would change from all players (like 0-6 is just blue, then 6-12 bronze, then 12-18, silver then 18-24 gold... something like that).

This way players who continue to join / play would have something to continue to look forward to as their names advanced through the colours as they progressed through time...

Something like that :D

Now thats the best idea I have seen so far Max!

They are going to run out of colors sooner or later XD

I am also not a founder. But I would say no and to leave it as is.

If they wanted to implement something they could display a little number next to the name that would either show the number of months or years that that user has been unlimited. But even then I don't know if I'd want others to know exactly how long I have been playing.

I agree with those who say a founder is a founder. What I would like to see is maybe a different color name or some sort of medallion next to the name of fully mastered pirates. As it is now, unless your guild does something, there is no recognition fully mastereing, much less hitting 40 built into the game. Very odd.

No, once a founder always a founder. BUT, I do like what Maximvs suggested by changing the color over the pirates head, by how long you've played the game... that would be sweet!

No, I don't think the time frame to be a founder should increase. It defeats the whole purpose of being a founder. How can someone that joined, say, a year ago be considered a founder?

I like Maxs idea on a color system, although I think instead of changing colors they'll stay at one depending on what year they joined. To save the devs some trouble so they could actually work on more content, after founders status colors would be assigned. Silver for people that joined six months after the founders status ended, bronze for a year, etc... And they can keep basic access people grey.

well toontown has something like you guys are suggesting but instead of different color nametags you get different font styles every week, and on a larger time period you get special emotes, ( i get the final one [2 years] in september) so ya it would be nice...and i think it should go on account age and not character age cuz i hate getting talked to like i have no clue what im doing when im leveling with friends.

Thats why they pay me the big bucks around here... 30% raise buddy - on zero... hehe :D

Well I was thinking long term say year 4 or 5 you would be talking about the time frame to be considered a Founder 1-2% of the time the game had been around. I think the Founders are a great idea to promote the game just dont see many in game anymore, not like I did when I first started playing, honestly what happens anytime a Founder pops up on the Tortuga beach on an A server. They are surounded and recieve enough friend and crew request to crash the server. To me it just kinda shows newer players that there are players who have been around a long time and still find the game fun enough to keep playing!

Good Idea Max

Wow look at all the people who say no.. well i say yes... i was here when founders were going out but i didnt know what it was.

I voted NO. You were either here at that point in time or you came along later.

If Disney ever did a color or font for other players, it should be on an anual basis - every 6 months is too often.

Changing HOW a pirate is recognized I agree with. But, not changing the a Founder is DEFINED - different things.

While it would be nice to have a little medal or something next to Eliza's name - I won't whine if it doesn't happen (at eighteen months, the ol' girl would have a nice set though).

I'm sorry to all who arent founders but as most people are saying..A founder is a Founder nothing else so it's kind of fair to only allow it to the earliest of players. (not just because i'm a founder)

I think maybe a One Year Veteran Badge or something.

What's the point of that? It would completely ruin the meaning of founders.

Besides, I don't get why people go crazy over a nametag.

I just want the Sparrow flag you guys got.

LOL - Aye that was an awesome flag!!

While it would be nice to see some kind of Annual tag - different colors for the amount of years you have been a member the problem is pretty soon everyone has tags and they kind of lose thier meaning. I wish I would have found the game right away too. I missed the black and red bandanas too. But I got in on the St. Patrick's day green stuff and a mother's day tattoo and I am sure there will be more to come here and there.

I do like that they have some special items that show you were here when that happened. So I don't think founders should be changed. A badge for 12, 24, 36 months ect.. would be nice but probably not needed. I do think they should offer some kind of special clothing/tattoo once in awhile to give us something to have. Pirates sportin all of them would be recognised as having been here awhile.

my two cents...

Captain Whale

best idea EVER
after new story chapter

I said no. The game is gonna' fall soon anyway :P.