Robert Darkrage
Notorious Pirate
This is just my two cents. Now I am not saying everyone is like this, but now it seems that for a lot of people, they want the Founders title as an ego boost. Or to feel 'Exclusive'.
Founders in the world of potco had a bit more significance as being the ones who helped in initial testing and/or were among the earliest members during the launch phase (and a minority) they were the most experienced, it was something special to see.
Here, now, If all the testers (Which is all of us) were awarded with something like that, all the significance would be lost.
Now this is my suggestion for TLOPO; (Please feel free to disagree as I am obviously a little bit bias on this topic )
Founders were the founding pirates of Potco, simple as that. Why would we want to replicate and mass produce something like that? We now have an opportunity here to create something brand new to show significance to the players who put in effort, time and energy into this wonderful project.
I would propose a new name color and badge be implemented for Alpha Testers and Beta Testers respectively, something that shows who they are and what they've done. We could be as creative as we'd like with this! Something like a Bright Pink name with a whole new badge design ;D
The Founders (the ones from POTCO) are the only real founders. If we only give the Founders badge to the Founders in TOPLO, the significance of the coin will remain strong and if anything be more than it used back in potco .
I think we have a real opportunity here to give everyone recognition for their accomplishments and commitments here, but it won't feel the same if we just print out thousands of the same thing, ya know?
Just to clarify, no offense or to burst anyone bubble, the POTCO founders were beta-testers or players that made their account and purchased Unlimited Access before December 2nd, 2007. If you did not purchase the Unlimited Access before that date you did not get the founder status. I should know because I was part of that so no different, special or more real than the alpha/beta testers of TLOPO.
Along the same lines it would be like saying the POTCO staff are the only real and special developers.
In fact some of TLOPO testers are the former POTCO testers, players and all that loved the game and brought it back to life.
We are all real and special and a sight to be seen, old and new alike.
"We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do."
In conclusion, I disagree, I am proud to represent both the past and the present and I want to thank again the TLOPO Staff and Testers alike for making all possible so we can all enjoy our beloved game.
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