Streamer Soopi, who competed as part of Team Korea in 'PUBG Asia Stars 2026' hosted by Krafton, has been suffering from cyberbullying. Soopi was the victim affected by external information leaks during the first day's matches. In a notice, Soopi denied cheating allegations directed at her and requested that her status as a PUBG Partner Streamer be revoked.
The allegations originated from the Vietnamese side. Posts alleging that Soopi cheated circulated, and a link to them was pinned at the top of 'Himass's' live stream chat. Himass was a player suspected of 'stream sniping'—watching opponent streams during matches—who acknowledged in his apology only receiving external information via viewer chat, so-called 'chat-sniping,' before being removed from the remaining matches.
In her notice, Soopi stated, "I have never used cheats or stream-sniped, and I have no intention of ever doing so," adding, "I only have one monitor for my gaming PC, so unlike some people, I can't look at the internet open on my gaming PC using a side monitor." She was explaining that she played the tournament with a single monitor setup. She added, "I don't even know why I have to explain this."
She also listed the measures she personally took while the allegations spread. She noted that she closed YouTube comments and moderated her own stream by banning viewers whenever derogatory comments against Vietnam escalated.
Describing the outcome of her efforts, she wrote, "What I got in return was Himass—the Vietnamese player who stream-sniped and damaged Team Korea—pinning a fabricated post in his live broadcast chat claiming 'Soopi stream-sniped too.'" Immediately following was the sentence: "Oh wait, official PUBG said it wasn't stream sniping, but chat-sniping... my apologies?" This appears to target Krafton's official announcement, which described the issue merely as a "matter regarding the use of external information."
The Vietnamese account that raised allegations against Soopi posted a screenshot showing multiple programs running. The image was taken from a replay of Soopi's tournament broadcast, displaying running programs in the bottom taskbar. While having programs running and looking at those screens during a match are two different things, the post made no distinction between them. Soopi denied this by explaining that she had only one monitor.
Soopi directly targeted Krafton regarding her partner status. She wrote, "Why give out Partner Streamer status if you can't even protect us when we're stream-sniped and cyberbullied?" requesting that her partner status be revoked. PUBG Partner Streamer is an official title granted to content creators by Krafton. Having entered a tournament hosted by Krafton with credentials issued by the developer, only to receive no protection, she is demanding that the status be taken back.
Soopi expressed her frustration, saying, "I thought it wouldn't affect me much, but having my face exposed in another country and getting blamed is mentally exhausting," adding, "No matter how much I think about it, I don't know what I did wrong." At the end of her post, she expressed deep disappointment, stating, "I wish you had taken my side when I first raised the issue casually," implying that the organizers failed to support her when she initially brought up the problem.
On the afternoon of the 20th, 'Himass' posted a statement on social media. "I want to speak directly about what happened over the past few days to keep the situation from escalating further," he stated. "I ask everyone who supports me to stop attacking or harassing Soopi, as well as other players, streamers, and the community."
He also addressed his own channel. "I became aware that certain actions taken by my channel's moderators contributed to escalating the situation," he wrote, adding, "As the channel owner, I will take responsibility to manage moderation more carefully moving forward." However, he did not clarify which actions were problematic or whether this included the pinned chat comment pointed out by Soopi. The statement concluded with the sentence, "I will no longer engage in debate on this matter."
The timeline of the plea to stop harassment is inverted. It was the side excluded from the remaining matches due to receiving external information that appealed for restraint, while the victimized streamer had already ended her stream in the early morning hours prior to post a statement explaining her innocence.
