I seem to recall its a privilege to play the game, and our job to report bugs and issues prior to full release,alpha and beta . You did read and agree to terms of service, in theory at least.An to abide by them. With only the pleasure of playing for the first time or replaying again,with or without rewards, a awesome game, returned to life by the staff and others that have added to the project along the way. to grow into a loyal and healthy community.
That said, regarding founders: Being here every day from day 1 or just joined prior to that final release, key or not(which is as much luck as just playing enough) we are testers and regardless of how much we just play for fun.
Do we support and contribute to the experience?
Are we still there thru thick and thin?
Thru bugs, crashes, resets,lost loot,glitches known yet unresolved,extended maintenance, do we hang tuff and wait and offer other than just complaints or demands for more?
Do we report bugs and add content not just trolling, to the community forum?
And once the project goes to full release, are we still here 30 days later and beyond?
Then to me once the project is complete ,we enter a new age and everyone that was part of that was /is a founder of that dream! We all helped re create, contribute, test, and keep alive a dream that many joined to support along the way- staff,mods, alts, beta and alpha,testers and players. But as to tags- how many given matters naught how many remain 1-3 years latter speaks legion to the support of the project and the dream. To still see legion tags here at version 1.13.i suspect will still be rare compared to the legion that will join us after full release and those tagged that we lose along the way..