Twitch recently grabbed headlines after they decided to remove the beloved PogChamp emote from their platform, following inflammatory remarks made by creator Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez on the US ...

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 ...

xQc had a discussion on his livestream and explained the concept of PogChamp and why a particular day's Pog was not up-to-par. It is hard to deny the valid point raised by xQc's regarding the meaning ...

Earlier this week, Twitch announced that it was removing PogChamp – one of the most popular global emotes on the platform – after the face behind it expressed support for the mob that stormed the US ...

Today, Twitch let viewers vote on a new permanent Pogchamp emote. A lizard won. Frankly, it was inevitable. KomodoHype first got to be Pogchamp for a day last month as part of the intermittently ...

It’s not every day you hear about an enormous platform like Twitch swatting the face of one of its most popular emotes clean off and rendering the president’s account indefinitely inert, as it did in ...

Twitch has removed its most memorable face. A fixture on the platform's real-time viewer chat streams, the open-mouthed Pogchamp emote was among the most frequently used on the platform, used to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last week, Twitch deleted the face of its extremely popular PogChamp emote, Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez, after he called for further violence at the Capitol just after a mob sacked the building. In the ...

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 ...

Despite various gaming companies and platforms trying to end racism, the industry is still filled with familiar stories of people suffering from hate, such as the case of Twitch streamer Omega ...