What do the gold-colored names mean?

[Kate Goldspinner]

Why are some of the pirates' names in gold letters with a gold coin next to their name? What does this mean?

[LaLa]

It only means that we are unlimited Founders of the game

[Mars]

I like to tell people it means I am awesome :P

[Rugs00]

Originally Posted by LaLa

It only means that we are unlimited Founders of the game

And what does that mean?

[Shhlatkinz]

Originally Posted by Rugs00

And what does that mean?

The gold name means you are a Founder of the game. A Founder is anyone who bought unlimited access before around December 2nd, I believe.

[Hile]

Lets just sticky this post. This question is asked over and over and over again.

[Homeboy541]

Means you're a founder.. But Disney decided to extend the founder title to none beta testers, which ticked me off.

[Angel]

A founder was someone who joined before Dec 2nd. Why hate because they extended it to Open players too? I joined as soon as I learned of the game and missed the date by a few days

[Sarah]

I signed up the day it opened live, (oct 31st 2007) and got my little gold coin. As I still consider us ALL to be "paying Beta testers" works for me

And I agree Hile, can we get together some sort of FAQ, as this ( as well as many other questions) comes up very frequently?

[Chris]

yes the gold names witht he gold "f" coin means that you became a paying member before december 2nd 2007

for future refrence

- if u stop paying and pay agaon u lose it
- all other charcaters made on that account will also display as founder

[AdmiralSavvy]

It means that you signed up for POTCO before Dec. 2, which was when the founder program ended. The 'F' inside the coin next to the golden name stands for founder.

[Hyde]

Originally Posted by Chris

- if u stop paying and pay agaon u lose it
- all other charcaters made on that account will also display as founder

Thats not true.
I left the game for two months (February and March), and didn't pay for Premium during that time. I returned to Pirates Online about a week I didn't have premium so I re-bought it and I got my Founders title back.