IGN

Twitch Will Randomly Choose a New 'PogChamp' Emote Every 24 Hours

As Twitch tries to find a replacement for the incredibly popular ‘PogChamp’ emote, which was removed earlier this week, the streaming platform announced a novel temporary solution: every 24 hours, ...
Engadget

Twitch will refresh the PogChamp emote image every 24 hours

A couple of days after Twitch yanked one of its oldest and most popular emotes, PogChamp is back with a twist. For the foreseeable future, Twitch will change the image every 24 hours. The first ...
Game Rant

Twitch's New PogChamp Caught Up in Past Tweets Controversy

Following the January 6 storming of the US Capitol, the former face of the famous PogChamp emote, Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez, made several inflammatory tweets regarding the related death of Ashli ...
DualShockers

Twitch Reveals How It Will Replace the PogChamp Emote

Ryan is the Editor-in-Chief at DualShockers and has been a lover of games as long as he can remember. He holds a BA in English and Cinema and lives in New York City. While known as one of the most ...
Kotaku

Twitch Will Have A Different Pogchamp Emote Every 24 Hours From Now On

Earlier this week, Twitch removed its extremely popular Pogchamp emote, which is used to express excitement in chat, after the face of the emote, Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez, encouraged further “civil ...
The Verge

Twitch will change the face of PogChamp every 24 hours

Twitch removed its popular PogChamp emote a couple of days ago after the person on which it was based — Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez — posted some tweets encouraging more mob violence after the riot at ...
IGN

Twitch Removes 'Pogchamp' Emote Following Tweets by Gootecks

Twitch has announced that it will remove the popular "PogChamp" emote from its service following a tweet made by Ryan 'Gootecks' Gutierrez, whom the emote is based on, which "encouraged further ...
Polygon

Twitch’s rotating PogChamp results in harassment for streamers

Twitch is replacing the PogChamp with a new community face every day for the rest of the year, and while the platform’s intentions were good, the actual rollout has been messy. Some streamers who have ...
CNN

PogChamp emote deleted for ties to Capitol violence

Amazon’s livestreaming platform Twitch has deleted a popular gaming emote, because the man pictured in the emote tweeted comments that encouraged “further violence.” The PogChamp emote on Twitch is ...
USA Today

Twitch removes PogChamp emote, saying person behind image encouraged 'further violence'

Twitch deleted the PogChamp emote, saying the person depicted in the image encouraged "further violence" after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol and battled police. “We’ve made the decision ...
Polygon

Twitch voters elect lizard as new PogChamp

Twitch viewers have elected a new PogChamp. On Friday, KomodoHype, a meme-worthy Komodo dragon, became the new face of the PogChamp emote after a monthlong tryout period. The streaming company ...