I have, and I imagine many do this, toons that are Blue only, Red only, and Gold only. Toons that are Rogues, toons that are vigilantes, toons that made the crossing from Praetoria and are now whatever, toons that use Null, toons that only cross via tips/morality missions, Gold Resistance, Gold Loyalists, Gold incarnate. Toons following the VEAT and the WS/PB storylines. A toon that was dropped into Galaxy via the base portal at level 1 and went street sweeping, and is there still patrolling the past, that poor level 8 MM Ninja toon. An entire smorgasbord of what you can do, not even adding in how the ATs affect how things play out, blah blah. Everyone really should at least try variations because you might be surprised, you might not and it may reinforce your previous opinion. Whatever. Play how you like and try not to piss people off, bearing in mind some are, and no it's not PC to say this, but some are just natural gobshites and should be avoided.
Other than that if you don't like Gold then you're simply wrong. I can't help you. Tsk. 😛 I