Twitch announces new PogChamp emote plan after suggestion goes viral TwitchTwitch has revealed a new plan for the platform\u2019s iconic PogChamp emote after briefly removing it due to comments made by its \u201cface\u201d Ryan \u2018Gootecks\u2019 Gutierrez. On January 6, the Amazon-owned streaming site announced it would be removing the emote, but claimed that they still wanted it to \u201clive on\u201d due to its important place in Twitch culture. After stating they would work with the community to find solutions, many ideas starting pouring in such as using the late content creator Etika. However, the one suggestion that received the most attention came from veteran streamer Day9, who remarked that Twitch \u201ccreate a database of streamer and\/or general faces.\u201d \u201cWhenever someone types PogChamp, display one of those faces at random. Would give a really nice crowd feel to a chat spamming PogChamp and allow the meaning to be tied to all of us instead,\u201d the streamer added. After the idea gained support from other big names such as Pokimane and Greekgodx, Twitch decided to implement it. \u201cYou know what? In the spirit of figuring out 2021 together, let\u2019s just roll with it for now!\u201d the platform announced on January 8. \u201cGet ready for a new PogChamp every 24 hours, starting today.\u201d You know what? In the spirit of figuring out 2021 together, let\u2019s just roll with it for now! Get ready for a new PogChamp every 24 hours, starting today. https:\/\/t.co\/R16EyASsFx \u2014 Twitch (@Twitch) January 8, 2021 Now, when users type \u201cPogChamp\u201d into Twitch chat, a different streamer\u2019s face will pop up showing the same iconic reaction that the original had. The first person to have their face as the new emote is fighting game streamer \u2018unrooolie\u2019 who personally made a pitch to Twitch shortly after they removed it. \u201cDear Twitch, I would like to throw my name in the hat for the replacement of Pogchamp,\u201d he wrote and attached an image that the platform ended up using. Dear @Twitch I would like to throw my name in the hat for the replacement of Pogchamp. it\u2019s a great idea from @SpawnOnMe of replacing that emote pic.twitter.com\/FXmTBQCAYs \u2014 UnRooolie \u277c (@unrooolie) January 7, 2021 Currently, the site hasn\u2019t given other streamers the option to submit their own PogChamp photos for emotes, nor have they determined how long the 24 hour solution will last for. In any case, expect to see a new one every day until a permanent plan is in place. That said, for users still looking to use the original emote, not all platforms have banned it. Notably, the popular Twitch extension BetterTTV (BTTV) stated they have \u201cnever removed emotes due to controversies, and likely won\u2019t as a result of this behavior\u201d and that users have the choice to use their platform or not. It will be interesting to see how long Twitch\u2019s plan lasts and what other streamers will be featured in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch announces new PogChamp emote plan after suggestion goes viral TwitchTwitch has revealed a new plan for the platform\u2019s iconic PogChamp emote after briefly removing it due to comments made by its \u201cface\u201d Ryan \u2018Gootecks\u2019 Gutierrez. On January 6, the Amazon-owned streaming site announced it would be removing the emote, but claimed that they still […]<\/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-62188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62188","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=62188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62188\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}