![]() 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. 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. 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. Cropped screenshot of Ryan Gutierrez used for the most popular variant of the original PogChamp emoticon
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