Emote rarity

'Probability'-based

While the rare emote variants are thought of as having a programmed random occurrence, (e.g. random number chance) they are actually set to only happen at certain times—usually in the hundreds of miliseconds, or seconds for the rarer emotes. This serves to reduce the chances of multiple chatters from getting them at the same time. This is done by changing messages with a certain Unix timestamp ending in predetermined strings (gold with "69", platinum with "420", emerald with "6969", and diamond with "42069") to the rare variants, making it unlikely to be able to game the system (as a user would have to post the emote at the exact millisecond needed for the rare variant)—effectively creating what appears to be random chance. A few days after being added, rare variants were 10 times more rare than they are now (and were originally).

User-based

Certain rare variants are based on the user typing them - the most common of which was the rare Mel variants of emotes that Melina had, such as her dggL and GIGACHAD.

Certain users also have "golden" variants of YEE and PEPE, such as JadyrVernanda, as well as PRSEK and cyver, respectively.

Subscription-based

A few emotes have what can arguably be considered rarity by way of subscription-gated additions/coloring to emotes, primarily dggL, BLADE, and GIGACHAD. These modifications are expressed in the CSS of the chat and essentially boil down to a change in the color when hovered over or the color of an element on the emote (e.g. the heart of the dggL changing color or the blade of BLADE changing.)

Emotes with rare variants

LEGEND: RED denotes emotes variant that no longer exist as it has been deprecated. GREEN denotes an emote variant that is currently still in use. Table is organized alphanumerically.

Cabge	Probability-based
	Red
dggL	User-based
	Bear		Given to the bear.
	dggMel		Formerly given to Melina.
	Gnome		Unknown use. Possibly intended for Destiny.
	Subscription-based
	Tier 1		Given to subscribers and corresponding to the color of their flair.
	Tier 2
	Tier 3
	Tier 4
	Tier 5
glorp	Probability-based
	Gold
	Platinum
	Emerald
	Diamond
	User-based
	Bow		PRSEK, cyver, and Destiny always have this glorp. This variant initially started out as a variant for the Pride month emotes.
	Miscellaneous
	Red		Unknown use. Possibly intended for Destiny.
	Angel		Unknown use.
WEOW	Probability-based
	Bronze
	Gold
	Platinum
	Emerald
	Diamond
	Rainbow
	User-based
	Platinum
	Total WEOW Death
	Miscellaneous
	Angel		Unknown use.