We will work with the community to design a new emote for the most hype moments on Twitch.
— Twitch (@Twitch) January 7, 2021
“We want the sentiment and use of Pog to live on – its meaning is much bigger than the person depicted or the image itself – and it has a big place in Twitch culture. However, we can’t in good conscience continue to enable use of the image,” the company said, noting that it will “work with the community to design a new emote for the most hype moments on Twitch.”
The tweet Twitch seems to take issue with was published by Gutierrez yesterday evening. “Will there be civil unrest of the woman who was executed inside the Capitol today or will the #MAGAMartyr die in vain?” Gutierrez asks in the tweet. Gutierrez is not only the face of the PogChamp emote, but also a number of PogChamp-related emotes available through Twitch enhancement extensions like FrankerFaceZ.According to StreamElements Twitch Chat Stats page, PogChamp was the fifth most-used emote on Twitch, behind TriHard, LUL, <3, and Kappa. Given its popularity, we’ll likely see Twitch try to revive PogChamp using the face of another streamer at some point in the near future, but for now, Twitch users will have to use something else for the exciting moments captured on stream.
Keyword: Twitch just removed one of its most popular emotes