Earlier this week, Twitch made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote from their platform after the established owner posted positive comments about the U.S. Capitol’s violent riots. . Mentioning the shocking face emote has become a staple both on Twitch and in game circles in general, so they didn’t want to leave the spirit of PogChamp away for good. At this point, they have decided to “roll it” and confront the emote with a new surprise every 24 hours.
Apparently Twitch liked it the suggestion promoted by Sean “Day9” Plott of creating a pool of shocking face emotions and randomly selecting each time a PogChamp emote is used. They have not done that, but they are a large crowd.
“Seeing 2021 together,” they say, Twitch will have a shiny new PogChamp globe every 24 hours. First up the new PogChamp seems to be Kenny “UnRooolie” McWild he threw up his face to be considered as relocation. Naturally, a lot of other streams setting their own faces as Pogs might in response to Twitch news.
For now at least, we are likely to get a new face and a shock every day. I can’t think of Twitch keeping that strategy unlimited, but it will take time for them to find a more permanent solution, whether that be a collection of PogChamps or a new custom Kiss for all. Previously, Twitch said they wanted to “work with the community to design a new emote for the most hype moments on Twitch. ”
Until tomorrow, Unrooolie is your PogChamp of choice.