KomodoHype officially wins PogChampening & becomes new Twitch PogChamp emote TwitchTwitch audiences decided \u201cthe future of PogChamp\u201d on February 12, inducting KomodoHype as the new face for the iconic emote that\u2019s been in the making for over a month. The company announced on their Twitter account that it will let people cast their vote to the 30+ submissions and concepts that have been put under consideration so far. Throughout the month of January, Twitch users site-wide have had the chance to use every new emote idea. Some of them have been great while others didn\u2019t quite land the mark for the \u2018hype\u2019 that the PogChamp emote embodies. Regardless, Twitch gave a final say to their audience who got to \u201cdecide what the future of hype looks like\u201d when the PogChampening finalized on February 12. And that streaming community has chosen a Komodo dragon as the rightful heir to the throne. KomodoHype: Winner of The PogChampening After the contest culminated, one champion stood alone atop the mountaintops of Twitch hype: an impassioned lizard known as KomodoHype. Based off of a stock photo that began circulating around the internet in 2008, KomodoHype became a Twitch emote in 2018 and, years later, has now succeeded Ryan \u2018Gootecks\u2019 Gutierrez as the face of Twitch hype. In nature, the Komodo dragon is a terrifying, predatory sight. On Twitch, the surprised, vivacious face of the lizard is now a sight for celebration. As the prophecy foretold, KomodoHype is @Twitch’s new #PogChamp \ud83e\udd8e pic.twitter.com\/aa2jOPXwaW \u2014 Dexerto (@Dexerto) February 12, 2021 PogChamp emote entries: Myth, TheGrefg, more There were a ton of options to choose from. There\u2019s been quite a few highlights to the PogChamp reel so far including those featuring images of TheGrefg, CriticalBard, and more. For people who are hazy on past contestants, Twitch\u2019s sizzle reel features a couple dozen of the options that audiences were able to vote on. Some of the more popular ones during the trial phase were ones that don\u2019t feature a person at all, like the unbeatable KomodoHype emote. After 35 PogChamps in 35 days, The PogChampening is upon us. You decide what the future of hype looks like. Tune in and vote live, February 12 at 12pm PT on https:\/\/t.co\/xoTh1bov6T. pic.twitter.com\/nnD2NogVEJ \u2014 Twitch (@Twitch) February 11, 2021 Streamers tried boosting their own PogChamp emotes as much as possible to try and become the new face of the platform, but none could be more effective than a lizard without any social media accounts. TSM\u2019s Ali \u2018Myth\u2019 Kabbani rallied his audience to vote for him, as victory \u201cwould literally be a dream come true.\u201d Unfortunately, a lizard\u2019s dream proved more powerful. THIS WOULD LITERALLY BE A DREAM COME TRUE. PLEASE MAKE ME POGCHAMP INTERNET. \ud83d\ude2d https:\/\/t.co\/M5L5Jrf2DX \u2014 Myth (@Myth_) February 12, 2021 The one true PogChamp was revealed as Twitch put it to a vote for the matter to finally be settled and reptilian fans everywhere rejoiced. Read more: How does Logan Paul make money? – The original PogChamp, modeled by Gootecks, was removed from the platform in January after the creator reportedly \u201cencouraged violence\u201d on social media. Gutierrez disputed Twitch\u2019s removal of the emote, claiming the platform \u201cseems to have decision making super powers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KomodoHype officially wins PogChampening & becomes new Twitch PogChamp emote TwitchTwitch audiences decided \u201cthe future of PogChamp\u201d on February 12, inducting KomodoHype as the new face for the iconic emote that\u2019s been in the making for over a month. The company announced on their Twitter account that it will let people cast their vote to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}