No, they deliberately changed the rules.
"Situation 3" specifically said that it was possible to stay in one rank without being reset. They changed the thread as soon as servers hit March 1st.
It's easy to not know, as they've gotten rid of their previous statements. Next time, don't tell others to condescendingly "read more carefully" until you know you're right.
EDIT: Praise Google Cache. This is how the rules originally were.

This post was last edited by DraconusNex at 2017-3-1 11:34