Yeah, 2WC (not staff, I know) quasi-justified no announcement by saying they were unspoken, so that's why I included that 'defense' in the story.

And yeah, regardless of whether they're in the global rules in FAQ or not (glancing at it, looks like they were last updated 3 weeks ago), the fact nothing was announced while it came 'into effect', is wrong. It's not reasonable to expect people to check the global rules every week for changes to the rules - Rule changes ought to be accompanied with announcements.