![]() ![]() On January 6, 2021, Twitch announced that they would remove the original PogChamp emote following comments from Gutierrez on his Twitter page supporting further civil unrest in response to the death of a participant in the United States Capitol attack occurring that day. Some Twitch users in 2020 petitioned for Twitch to remove Ryan Gutierrez as the face of the PogChamp emote, following numerous claims of Gutierrez promoting far-right conspiracies, such as anti-vaccination conspiracies, and spreading misinformation and denial of COVID-19. Removal Cropped screenshot of Ryan Gutierrez used for the most popular variant of the original PogChamp emoticon It was used a total of 813,916,297 times from January 9, 2016, until it was removed from Twitch on January 6, 2021. PogChamp was the third-most-used emote on the platform. The term "PogChamp" refers to a 2011 promotional video called "Pogs Championship" by Gutierrez, in which he wins a game of Pogs. Given the long history of the use of the PogChamp emote and its variants, Twitch acknowledges the impact of PogChamp's role in shaping the culture of its streaming services. Emotes in general have been reported by CNN to be popularly used " ad nauseum " during moments while gamer activity is livestreamed. CNN describes the use of PogChamp as a gamer's expression for excitement, expanding the use of the PogChamp emote to the word PogChamp and its variants "Pog" and "Poggers" to describe "particularly awesome" moments. PC Gamer described the PogChamp emote as "one of the most ubiquitous emotes in Twitch history used to react to decisive moments", while Kotaku stated it " surprise and hype". The emote, like others on Twitch, is displayed at a very small size of 56 by 56 pixels. Ryan Gutierrez was initially reluctant to allow Twitch to use his likeness for the original PogChamp emote, but soon made a deal to allow its use for between US$50,000 and US$100,000 and undisclosed additional concessions. Users voted for an image of a Komodo dragon, which is also the basis for the KomodoHype emote. ![]() Twitch responded to calls to revive the emote by alternating between several unique designs every 24 hours, each using a similar expression, and eventually allowed viewers to vote on one of these faces to become the permanent replacement during what they called "The PogChampening". The original emote was added to Twitch's pool of global emotes in 2012 and was later removed in January 2021, after Gutierrez expressed support for the January 6 United States Capitol attack. The image originally depicted streamer Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez with a surprised or shocked expression, which originated from a YouTube video uploaded to Gutierrez's channel, Cross Counter TV, on November 26, 2010. PogChamp is an emote used on the streaming platform Twitch intended to express excitement, intrigue, joy or shock. Emote originating on Twitch The PogChamp emote on Twitch since 2021, which uses the same Komodo dragon image as the KomodoHype emote. ![]()
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