In the wake of shocking news Wednesday that Luminosity Gaming and SK Gaming have been disqualified from competing in the first season of ELEAGUE, pro players and personalities across the CS:GO community have taken to Twitter to share their dismay.

It all started with a Tweet early this afternoon from ELEAGUE commissioner Min-Sik Ko:

Luminosity & SK Gaming are no longer eligible to compete in our first season due to roster changes that do not comply with @EL rules — Min-Sik Ko (@minsikko) July 6, 2016

According to SK Gaming's manager and players (who played for Luminosity in their ELEAGUE group last month), the tweet was the first news they had of the disqualification.

@EL thank you for letting us know by twitter,rly kind! — Ricardo Sinigaglia (@LG_dead) July 6, 2016

LOL was great to know that we are out of @EL via Twitter. Thanks @minsikko — Epitacio (@LG_TACO) July 6, 2016

Just to state we never signed or saw contract with ELeague. Organisations did. Wanna punish someone!? Punish them. Not players. — Gabriel FalleN T. (@LG_FalleN) July 6, 2016

The response from fans, analysts and pro players was immediate and intense.

What a fucking shitty joke. Atleast give the spot to @Immortals_gg lol.. Pretty sad behalf of my former teammates. https://t.co/kho6GeUUXK — Emil Reif (@Magiskb0Y) July 6, 2016

Just when I though eLeague deserved credit for respecting the natural order of things in CS, they prove they it untrue. Shame. — Sadokist! (@Sadokist) July 6, 2016

Regardless of the rule, for a media company of it's size and a ruling of this historic note for @EL terrible PR in both content and timing. — Scott Smith (@SirScoots) July 6, 2016

Sucks to see this decision by @EL . Especially since ex-SK could do nothing about what happend and still get punished by it 😡 — Mathias Lauridsen (@MSLcsgo) July 6, 2016

Fans had a lot of questions for ELEAGUE about the decision. Although SK Gaming's roster did play for a different organization at the beginning of the season, the five-man lineup that qualified for the playoffs is still the same one playing for the new organization. In other pro leagues like the League of Legends Championship Series or Call of Duty World League, that would generally be seen as LG selling or giving up its spot to SK, rather than a roster change. But ELEAGUE appears to see things differently.

.@minsikko @EL what??? This is actually a terrible decision. What was the thought process behind this. Lumniocity didnt change roster. — mOE (@m0E_tv) July 6, 2016

@minsikko @EL doesnt the spots belong to the players and not the organisation? Just like at majors...? If not, it should. imo — Fredrik Wahlstedt (@slop3) July 6, 2016

Going off the @EL rulebook, I'm struggling to see how @SKGaming should be disqualified. What gives? pic.twitter.com/80gxf3x7e6 — Mark Boq Wilson (@Boq_TV) July 6, 2016

Not only that, this penalizes anyone whose contracts run out mid-season. Absolutely pointless. https://t.co/1xmVXrVhoi — lurppis (@lurppis_) July 6, 2016

Not everyone in the community outright rejected the decision — notably, caster and analyst Duncan "Thorin" Shields said the players shared at least some of the responsibility for signing preemptive contracts with SK Gaming in March, a decision that sparked major controversy.