Instead of using Ryan Gutierrez's face, a different streamer was used as the face of the PogChamp emote each 24 hours, starting from January 8, 2021. Twitch later announced that they would upload a new version of the PogChamp face under the same title every 24 hours, with each replacing the last. The Verge describes the removal of PogChamp as part of Twitch's move towards becoming more mainstream by detaching themselves from hateful behavior in the gaming community. Another similar extension named BTTV (Better Twitch TV) announced that their platform would continue hosting PogChamp-related emotes, allowing broadcasters to use their own discretion of whether they would like the emote in their chats. So, why is it then, that Twitch seems to have decision making super powers? Because in less than three hours from when I uploaded the video, they made the decision to remove PogChamp as a global emote." įrankerFaceZ, a popular web browser extension for Twitch featuring custom emotes, took the decision to ban all user-upload instances and variations of Gutierrez. "They're looking for people that are trying to incite violence, but that's not what they found on my account. Gutierrez responded to the removal of the original PogChamp critically several weeks after the removal date, stating rhetorically at social media companies sifting through his posts to allow them to judge any negative intent about himself as a person. On January 6, 2021, Twitch announced that they would remove the original PogChamp emote following comments from Gutierrez on his Twitter page supporting civil unrest leading to the death of a protester during the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. 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. 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.
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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.
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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.
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Twitch responded to calls to bring the emote back by adding a unique face every 24 hours, each using the same or 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 removed by Twitch on Janufollowing comments from Gutierrez on his Twitter page supporting civil unrest during the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. The original emoticon originates from a video uploaded to YouTube on November 26, 2010, which displays behind-the-scenes footage posted on Gutierrez's YouTube channel "Cross Counter TV". The image used to show the streamer Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez with a surprised or shocked expression. PogChamp is an emote used on the streaming platform Twitch intended to express excitement, joy or shock. Here is a list of the DJs/VJs who are using, or have used, these emotes and overlays.Cropped screenshot of Ryan Gutierrez used for the most popular variant of the original PogChamp emoticon