When Vast when out of business they left quite a few VC’s behind, Drakelore was friends with Mike from Vast, so he took the VC’s off Mike’s hands are resold them as a limited 40 VC’s, but he didn’t want to sell them with Vasts logo on them, so he machined that off and made “Drake’s” plates that installed in the slot.
I don’t think this was a secret or a surprise to anyone, in fact I think he may have even come out and said it in the open. It was pretty obvious that it was Vasts Vc’s.
But as far as advertising without being a sponsor, it seems that Anthony really doesn’t care much anymore, that whole site is making moves downhill real quick.