Soopi threatens to quit PUBG and demands Krafton apologise: Vietnam's delete-game wave exposes an esports governance gap

A friendly PUBG tournament suddenly became a battleground over accountability. Vietnamese players Himass and TanVuu were removed from the event after Soopi, a Krafton partner streamer, accused them of stream-sniping. The players claimed they had asked permission in advance and that the event's fun-focused framework allowed watching an opponent's stream. Organizers removed them only after community backlash, without publishing a written rule. Soopi then demanded Krafton apologise to her, threatened to quit PUBG, and revealed that she had suffered harassment, deepfake videos, and sponsor withdrawals. Meanwhile, a wave of calls to delete the game spread across the Vietnamese community, but no independent data confirms the real scale of uninstalls. The core problem is governance: ambiguous rules, reactive punishment, and a publisher partner competing in the same field as non-partner players. That structure creates an appearance of bias regardless of the facts. Until Krafton publishes clear standards for stream-watching in partner events and offers an appeal process, this kind of drama will keep returning.