Personally i don't care if it's unspoken or not... but if developers are going to penalise people for breaking a rule, then that rule should be clear to all, and not some "unspoken gentlemans agreement". I will put it in simple terms so that your tiny brain can understand.
If a "rule" is based on a "gentlemans agreement" between players of the game, then it is up to players of the game to enforce it and to punish those who contravene.
however... If a "rule" is enforced by game developers and the outcome of peoples games, or the specific gains etc they have are modified by the game developers for a breach, then that rule needs to be made official and included in game literature.
And to amk.. I am not even part of either kingdom, and I am not fighting this cause.. heck. the last FW scenario I was in was probably 4 or 5 years ago.. I just feel that if peoples stats are going to be reset for breaching the rules, it should be justifiable by being an official rule, and not merely some "code of honour". The devs need to either ratify the rule in official documentation, or they need to leave the enforcement of said rule to the community that created it.. anybody who thins that is unreasonable is quite obviously a player who has.. or hopes to.. bend the developers ear to gain their own advantage.. which is no better!!!