Pretty
soon,
Twitch
users
will
no
longer
be
able
to
express
their
sadness
with
the
BibleThump
emote.
According
to
Twitch,
on
September
30th,
its
rights
to
display
the
popular
crying
pink
blob
will
expire
after
over
a
decade
of
being
one
of
the
foundational
Twitch
emotes
along
with
Kappa,
FrankerZ,
and
Pogchamp.
The
BibleThump
emote
comes
from
The
Binding
of
Isaac,
a
2011
roguelike
created
by
Edmund
McMillen and Florian
Himsl.
In
the
game,
you
play
as
Isaac
who
must
make
his
way
through
procedurally
generated
dungeons
fighting
demons
and
monsters
in
order
to
escape
his
fanatical,
homicidal
mother.
The
game,
based
on
the
biblical
tale
of
the
same
name,
frequently
features
Isaac
curled
up
in
a
ball
sobbing
as
tears
stream
down
his
fleshy
pink
face,
and
thus
the
emote
was
born.
BibleThump
is
frequently
used
as
a
way
to
express
sadness
or
frustration,
and
it’s
been
a
global
Twitch
emote
since
2013.
That
decadelong
run
is
apparently
coming
to
an
end
as
Twitch
says
its
rights
to
the
image
expire
in
a
couple
of
days.
However,
McMillen
says
might
not
have
to
end
this
way.
“I’m
100%
fine
with
coming
up
with
a
good
solution
to
keep
or
modify
the
emote,”
McMillen
wrote
on
social
media.
McMillen
said
he’s
open
to
Twitch
renewing
the
rights,
potentially
indicating
that
the
emote
can
stay
if
Twitch
is
willing
to
pay
to
keep
it.
However,
Twitch
—
like
a
lot
of
tech
companies
these
days
—
is
undergoing
a
period
of
retraction.
Twitch
is
no
longer
offering
big
streamers
multimillion-dollar
exclusivity
deals.
It
discontinued
service
in
South
Korea
—
a
country
with
a
massive
esports
scene
—
because
the
cost
to
run
there
was
“prohibitively
expensive.”
The
company
has
also
undergone
multiple
rounds
of
layoffs
and
price
increases
with
CEO
Dan
Clancy
stating
frankly
that
“we’re
not
profitable.”
So,
if
BibleThump
sticking
around
is
an
issue
of
price,
Twitch
just
may
not
be
willing
to
pay.
Whatever
the
reason,
McMillen
made
it
clear
it’s
on
them.
“I’m
not
in
control
of
the
new
Twitch
policies
so
it’s
really
up
to
them.”
(Originally posted by Ash Parrish)
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