Twitch viewers chose a new PogChamp. On Friday, KomodoHype, a meme-worthy Komodo dragon, became the new face of the emote PogChamp after a month-long trial period. The streaming company announced the election results in Twitter.
Twitch got rid of the original PogChamp emote after facing it, Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez, used his social media accounts to encourage civil unrest during the US Capitol building riot on January 6. Twitch dropped the Gootecks emote and since then, there is no standard PogChamp emote for the site.
People responded with all kinds of ideas to replace the emote. In the end, Twitch decided on a rotating PogChamp – a new face every day – and then an election for a new, permanent one at the end. The PogChamp of the day was created to celebrate the diversity of streamers on Twitch, but it ended up resulting in harassment for many streamers.
The vote took place on February 12 via an official Twitch stream. Whether he catches it or not is with fans, but from now on, the lizard will be the standard face of the emote on Twitch.