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[SoGod] [Chat] I’m exposing the issues with Xeno raid party’s Demon Hunter run.

Author: Anonymous

I’m here to expose the issues surrounding Xeno’s Demon Hunter raid.

Hello, I’m an anonymous user.

First, I ask for your understanding in not disclosing which server or who I am, to protect myself from possible retaliation or disadvantages. If the situation ever demands I reveal my identity, I won’t hesitate to do so.

I know the whole community is in chaos right now over the Demon Hunter first clear situation. I’m well aware of the heated debates across forums on whether it was Xeno or Human who truly got the first clear.

After seeing the notice the developers put out this morning, I was left speechless. The devs, who should have clearly settled this once and for all, instead stalled and waffled. Now the only thing that’s growing is the fighting among players. Why should we, the players who are supposed to enjoy the game, be forced to tear each other apart and prove ourselves right over something caused by the devs?

Watching all this, I just couldn’t stay silent anymore.

So I decided to write this post about what’s been going on with Xeno’s raid party.

How you judge it is entirely up to you.

Let me start by saying that I’m a member of Xeno’s raid party.

You might be wondering: Why would someone expose their own team? But the truth is, being part of the raid that cleared Demon Hunter with Xeno means I know a lot of what really happened. And I don’t believe Xeno deserves to be recognized as the true first clear.

Here’s why.

TL;DR for those who love summaries:

The cowardice of streamer Yapdeuk, who treats his guildmates and raid members like pawns rather than comrades. When support recruitment failed, he resorted to paying large sums of real money to hire supporters – something explicitly prohibited by the developers. After the clear, he demoted the support in loot priority, claiming they “didn’t do much.” They watched other raid group broadcasts, copied mechanics discovered by faster teams like Human, and used them to catch up. While not against the rules, it’s highly unethical and widely condemned. They even had a dedicated “monitoring room” to do this systematically.

1. Yapdeuk, the streamer raid leader, used his team as pawns.

Yes, this one’s more subjective, and I admit that upfront. But I honestly can’t understand how Yapdeuk has managed to maintain his popularity under the label of “fun streamer.”

As soon as we got word about the upcoming Demon Hunter raid, the entire guild and raid team were expected to start prepping for Yapdeuk’s benefit.

The excuse? “A streamer should have good gear so it looks cool on stream.” Under that nonsense, we were pressured to help him enhance his weapons and gear, sometimes against our will. He promised to repay the costs later, but to this day, no one has received a dime for the scales we helped him with.

Honestly, I see this as exploitation disguised under the title of “streamer.”

Yapdeuk got fully upgraded gear not by his own effort, but through the sacrifices of his guildmates, none of whom were properly compensated.

Here are screenshots of game chat where I ask people whether they got paid, and their responses. All usernames are blurred for privacy.

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And despite claiming that he’s able to afford gaming and gear upgrades thanks to all the donations and ad revenue he receives, one of his long-time video editors says his pay is consistently delayed by a month or two.

Evidence screenshot attached:

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Apparently, this isn’t an isolated case. Other editors say the same.

How can someone who handles such a large chunk of the channel’s views be left unpaid? Where’s all that ad and sponsor money going?

As for how Yapdeuk treats guild and raid members, it’s shockingly biased. He’s all warm and affectionate toward players with high-end gear or deep pockets, saying things like, “We couldn’t beat this without OO,” or “Thanks to OO, we cleared this.” But for others – those less wealthy or not famous – he would mock them behind their backs, saying things like, “We could’ve done this without OO.”

Talking shit about A to B, then about B to C, and so on, did you really think no one would notice? Xeno isn’t a guild built by one person.

It grew because of the trust and teamwork of many raid and guild members. If Yapdeuk thinks this is his raid group, it’s time for him to wake up. Alone, he’s nothing.

2. When they couldn’t find supports, they paid real money to hire one (against the rules), then treated them like trash after the clear.

This part is just absurd.

After the previous Corrupto Hana raid, things soured between Xeno and GoSupp (sorry for the mention), causing many supports to distance themselves from Xeno.

To be fair, previous raids were often brute-forced with pure DPS, so supports weren’t needed as much. (This isn’t a diss on supports, it’s the devs’ fault for balancing raids that way.)

Xeno publicly dismissed the role of supports, calling it an “easy mode” job or unnecessary. So naturally, they weren’t in good standing with the support community.

When the Demon Hunter raid needed supports, Yapdeuk suggested they just pay someone to join. I clearly remember what he said:

“No one can resist money.”

And he wasn’t wrong, sadly, that’s capitalism for you. So he secretly DMed high-spec supports and, from what I know, offered several million won in payment.

You don’t have money to pay editors, but you have money to buy supports?

Developer rules clearly prohibit player-to-player real money deals.

Sure, maybe other groups do this quietly, but does a raid group that literally bought a player deserve the title of first clear?

And it gets worse.

After the clear, they gave that supporter the cold shoulder.

You’ve heard the phrase “treat others how you want to be treated,” right?

Well, turns out if the incoming DPS is rude, the outgoing support will be too.

Here are screenshots of my private chat with the support, shared with permission:

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As you can see, after the raid, the loot was not fairly split. Normally in SoGod, loot is distributed either equally or based on contribution: high DPS, high healing, high buff rate. That’s been the unspoken norm for over three years.

But Yapdeuk’s response?

“Honestly, your buff rate wasn’t that high.”

“Did the support really do much besides during wipes?”

He apparently justified giving almost nothing, saying:

“You already got paid real cash, didn’t you? So it’s fine.”

Excuse me?

You paid them. That was your choice.

To then deny them loot after they saved your raid, is that really okay?

Without that support, would Xeno even have cleared Phase 3? I doubt it.

Also, almost everyone else in the raid, except Yapdeuk and maybe one or two close allies, believes the loot should’ve been distributed fairly.

This issue is still unresolved within Xeno.

3. They copied Human’s mechanics in real-time by watching their stream, using a dedicated monitoring room.

From what I know, about 6–7 raid groups were streaming their first clear attempts.

There are dozens more who didn’t stream.

Veteran players know: first clear competition is a matter of pride, and SoGod raids revolve more around mechanics than gear. So figuring out those mechanics first is crucial.

It’s understood that watching another group’s stream to steal strategies is unethical, even if not technically against the rules. Some groups might do it if they’re way behind, but it’s rarely done openly.

But Xeno shamelessly tailed Human, mimicking their mechanic clears step-by-step.

Viewers might think Yapdeuk figured out the mechanics himself. Nope.

Everything he “figured out” came from Human. How could he do that while streaming? Easy. He wasn’t the one watching.

He had a separate monitoring room next door with someone watching Human’s stream for him.

And yes, that person was also paid.

After much persuasion, I got the following screenshots:

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As you can see, he initially told the monitor to watch Beautiful or another stream. But once he found out GoSupp from Human was streaming again, he ordered them to focus entirely on Human.

That person watched Human’s raid, then sent messages directly to Yapdeuk via game chat, relaying strategies in real-time.

Since Human and Xeno had comparable specs, Xeno was able to keep pace with them the entire time.

Yapdeuk then issued orders to the team as if he had discovered the strategies himself.

It’s almost genius, if it weren’t so underhanded.

Can we really say this Demon Hunter clear was Yapdeuk’s achievement?

Can we call this group the “First Clear” team in good conscience?

I’ll leave that judgment up to you, the readers.

But I trust the developers will make the right decision.

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Thank you.