Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27587806-20160126222705/@comment-24801399-20160126223151

Mascots never appear as online (unless by glitch) as they are not actual accounts, but rather profiler data. That is to say, there is no account named "Rockhopper" that goes online, so it would never show him as online, even if he is right in the same room as you. This is because in reality, moderators wear certain (unobtainable) items that, when worn, make the wearer appear as a mascot.