Perhaps also have a separate tab or section for Remote Controls. So players do not confuse it as a regular online player.
I don't know, I like how RC is merged with players. If not, then have RC's show on the Staff section until that account has a staff tag on (in which case RC gets bumped down with the rest of the players).
I was thinking of it like that as well, but the problem with that is that staff generally do not want to be disturbed so they would rather not be bumped up at the top of the playerlist to avoid being spammed by several PMs every few minutes. I don't know if that occurs to other servers, but so far it has been from my experience.
I don't know, I like how RC is merged with players. If not, then have RC's show on the Staff section until that account has a staff tag on (in which case RC gets bumped down with the rest of the players).