A Komodo kite has been crowned as Twitch’s permanent PogChamp replacement

On January 6, the day an uprising of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, Twitch removed the iconic PogChamp emo because the person pictured spoke of further violence. Two days later, the company committed to rotating in a new version of PogChamp every 24 hours, which means that many streamers briefly became the new face of the motem – but they were sometimes subjected to harassment after their new prominent place.

On Friday, the Twitch community voted to crown a new face for PogChamp – and the winner is not the face of a streamer. It’s a Komodo dragon. This is what the moten looks like:

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7;ve been into Twitch chats, you may actually recognize this motto: it’s the beloved KomodoHype. And I can see why it won the community vote. While the original PogChamp was Twitch’s hype emote, I think this is the face of the Komodo dragons. even better to express the hype, especially with his shockingly huge maw who somehow seems to smile.

KomodoHype was chosen over another excellent PogChamp performed by streamer UmiNoKaiju. To see the full stream of polls, check it out on Twitch.