The dispute grew after Day 1 when Soopi complained that the Vietnamese team destroyed a revive chip and suspected they had watched a livestream for information (stream sniping). PUBG later said Himass and TanVuu checked out-of-game information through personal stream content that day.
ข้อชี้แจง / คำตอบ: Stills from Soopi-related livestream footage show her switching applications and watching the tournament stream on SOOP. The viewing is visible; the stills alone do not show whether she used that information for tactical decisions in a match.
PUBG Asia Stars brought together players and streamers from six regions. Soopi complained that the Vietnamese team destroyed a chip taken from a downed player, preventing a teammate from reviving them, and suspected they watched a stream for information. Her initial complaint is distinct from PUBG's September 23 finding.
Date of the event
September 17 is the date of the relevant play. Posts, images and findings about it appeared on later dates.
Inven reports that the players said in their apologies that they had kept their personal livestream chats open, received information from viewers and understood the rules not to expressly prohibit that situation. This is their reported account, not KRAFTON's finding.
Korean team's response
The Korean team did not take part in Day 2. KRAFTON later acknowledged describing the Korean side's planned boycott as a 'withdrawal' and communicating inconsistently across parties and languages.
KRAFTON confirmed the players had received out-of-game information through personal broadcast content. At the time of this notice, it was still checking whether they directly watched another participant's stream and used that information in play.
Player substitutions, score changes, added broadcast delay and monitoring affected event operations. Revoking PUBG Vietnam Partner status affected the two players personally. These measures differ in scope from the ban across official events announced on September 23.
Announcement date
The September 20 notice summarized measures already taken; it does not establish that all of them first took effect that day.
Cancelling the final competition day ended the match schedule, while KRAFTON continued reviewing the case and announced findings and sanctions later. Cancellation did not establish wrongdoing by every participant.