User blog comment:Race6000/Just a question.../@comment-1654447-20120409100836

It started since Spot was the official 'Mascot' of my Spore Page and Username. The name kind of stuck after that. A lot of people call them OCs - which I agree is a good word for it - but I still haven't fully transitioned over to it. And 'Mascot' kind of has a nice charm to it, in my opinion.