The image itself is of a Komodo Dragon with a wide-open mouth, and has been used through the years for memes and various Photoshop edits. In a livestream today, Twitch asked viewers to vote for a new permanent face to PogChamp, and thus KomodoHype was crowned the new PogChamp. Twitch announced the change to the public with a meme-worthy video in its own right, going from clips of vintage technology to an epic kaleidoscope of PogChamps and airhorns. KomodoHype is already a global Twitch emote, and it has often been used instead of the original PogChamp since it was uploaded to Twitch. RELATED: Twitch Founder Justin Kan Reveals If He Regrets Selling Twitch In any case, the rotating PogChamp idea couldn't last forever, and Twitch eventually wanted to make a permanent decision.

Many also felt that Twitch was not doing much to address those situations after putting those streamers on display. Unfortunately, some of the streamers who had the opportunity to be the face of PogChamp were met with harassment, such as CriticalBard and drag streamer Deere. Over a month later, Twitch has finally come to the decision on what will replace the iconic emote.Īs a temporary measure, Twitch has been rotating through different PogChamp emotes each day using different streamers on the site. Twitch Selects a Permanent Replacement for Its 'PogChamp' Emote After removing the original emote due to inflammatory tweets by the person who inspired it, Twitch selects a komodo dragon as its. At the start of the year, Twitch removed the original PogChamp after Ryan 'Gootecks' Gutierrez, the original face of the emote, made offensive remarks responding to the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. In response, Twitch took quick action deciding to ban the emote from the site forever. Emotes are an essential aspect of chatting on Twitch, and the PogChamp emote has been one of the most spammed in the platform’s history.

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