Interesting... wonder why they tied drops to data in the orb (probably doesn't specifically name drops, since there are a bunch of different bcnms for each orb. might have some kind of seed code for drops though) rather than just generating the drop data on victory or entering the bc?
Bit late for me to be commenting on this, but I read it BOTH ways after a while...it's one of those "Did the GM just slip his/her tounge about something or just saying crap we already believe?" It's really too vauge to know.