[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

There's probably something intelligent to say about whether or not this is a marketing move to push more FRC teams to start more expensive FTC teams over the much more economical option in VRC, but I can't really find the words for that.

Free Market Economy: Why marketers try to make something seem like a good value when it might not be (and sometimes succeed, but mostly fail). Right now, VRC is winning the free market economy battle, so FTC is trying to catch up. The best troops in that battle: marketing departments. The worst opponents: disgruntled customers.