Founding members
The game's first hundred players, the mark beside their names, and the public list.
Who becomes one?
The first hundred players to enter a world. The seat is taken when an account first enters a world — not when it registers — because only then is there a name to put on the list.
Once the seats are full, later players wait in line: when a founder leaves, the seat that comes free goes to whoever has waited longest.
Your number and your place
Your number belongs to your account. Enter a second world and you wear the mark there too, but you do not take a second seat.
A founder who deletes their account, or leaves every world they played in, gives up their seat and comes off the list. Everybody behind them moves up one place, keeping their order, so the list has no gaps. A founder whose account is suspended keeps their seat: they are off the list while the suspension lasts, and their number goes to nobody else.
The mark and the list
A Founder mark stands beside your name: in the ranking, on islands, in chat, and on the diplomacy and alliance screens — everywhere the Pro mark stands.
Press the mark and the list of founders opens. That page is public: you can show it to somebody who does not play the game. It carries only your number and your name in the game; nothing else about you appears on it.
The figures come from the game's own content. Balance updates can move some numbers; the rules themselves are as written here.