Red_VouriRed_there weren't even set rules for shit like thisMatchfixing and shit like this is banned in pretty much every competitive sport, it doesn't have to be written in stone for people to know it's not allowed.
It does have to have a written consequence yeah. You don't just randomly toss perma bans on people for the first time it's ever happened in a "new" game. Saying oh yeah you're permanently banned for throwing a worthless CEVO game that didn't have any placement on seedings when they just got back from a LAN. Yeah that's definitely bullshit
You don't just come out and join the community 2 times out of a year to say "yeah we permanently banned some people and not EVER talk about it or anything. That's definitely fucked up
All I'm saying is that matchfixing is banned in every sport, and that expecting no consequences would be idiotic of the teams/players involved. How Valve treated and used it is something else.