There is actually a purpose for doing reset by sendtorc. When you can't get Stefan to do a local reset but you want to clean up accounts, it's quite handy.
A true excerpt from the Providence Control-NPC:
NPC Code:
if(actionplayeronline && indexof(+#a+,#s(this.resets))<0){
sendtorc /reset #a;
savelog2 reset.txt,#a;
sendtonc #N reports: I have reset #a;
setstring this.resets,#s(this.resets)+#a+;
}