Board Thread:Club Penguin/@comment-26424956-20150824013554/@comment-24908808-20150908081944

Club Penguin... penguins... are naturally part of a toxic community. I'm guessing that acting or roleplaying as a mascot, especially if you're painfully obvious, will trigger players to start, in a sense, 'pushing you away'. I can't speak for everyone, but some penguins deemed it noobish to roleplay as a real mascot. Think of it as pruning; getting rid of the bad fruit. No fakers allowed, especially when they're around.

TL;DR:

Some people may be acting rude because of Herbert.

But other people act rude because it's you, acting as someone they respect.