In August 2016, TotalBiscuit added a drawn version of the classic photo to his emotes, wanting to have a picture of his own face. In September 2017, Twitch added "lul" as a global emote.

Twitch emotes are just 56 pixels wide and 56 pixels tall, ... LUL: LUL depicts late YouTuber John "TotalBiscuit" Bain in the middle of a ferocious cackle. This one is pretty self-explanatory.

LUL may seem pretty obvious —t’s the Twitch emote equivalent to LOL, but it has a serpentine history. LUL is based on streamer and YouTuber TotalBiscuit, whose real name is John Bain.

In 2017, Twitch announced that LUL would be made into a global emote, available for use across the entire platform. Through variations of its usage, OMEGALUL is often used to convey laughter at ...

The emote bearing his face represents the indelible mark that he has left on Twitch. Thank you for everything, TotalBiscuit.” Twitch has three emoticons about him actually -- both a Top Hat and ...

Twitch affiliates can have one emote for all subscribers, and two emotes each for $9.99 and $24.99 tier subscribers. Twitch partners start with six emote slots, but that number can increase up to ...