Jarod Nandin, known to fans as cosplayer “The South Park Guy”, has died due to COVID-19. According to Wowhead, Nandin, known to the World of Warcraft community as NWBZPWNR, has died after hiring COVID-19. Nandin revealed his initial condition with friends and family on Twitter on December 18 and, after officially giving him a positive a few days later, unfortunately it happened. Nandin is known by many in the World of Warcraft community for faithfully recreating one of the most notorious jokes in South Park history.
Making big waves during BlizzCon 2013, Nandin became the World of Warcraft player (“The one who has no life”) who became too strong for the game of South Park Season 10 episode, “Make Love, Not Warcraft.” South Park not only cheated in some respects and became aggressive with new players, but South Park ended up looking at the actual version of the player, who was sitting in a chair in front of his computer.
We are very saddened to report that Jarod “NWBZPWNR” Nandin, also known as the cosplayer of BlizzCon’s 2013 “The South Park Guy,” has died after hiring Covid-19. #Warcraft pic.twitter.com/cqLVmyV3qp
– Wowhead (@Wowhead) January 4, 2021
Nandin came to an agreement with both World of Warcraft and South Park fans when he arrived at BlizzCon 2013 in a cosplay that fully reflected this joke character. Nandin stared so hard, that he quickly took off with the fans and became the de facto “South Park Guy” for many, as he would go so far as to shave the top of his head to complete the ridiculous. Because while it could have been a way to do it South Park for fun, Nandin took it to the next level and regained the look in a fun new way.
ComicBook.com offers our condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Jarod Nandin right now. Members of the World of Warcraft and the cosplay community also shared their tributes:
Jarod Nandin was interviewed by @lizohanesian for LA Weekly in 2014, where he talks about his cosplay
“I thought that if I took this character and made him human, that is, if I portrayed him, it would be a lot of fun …” https://t.co/tuzhYFhjPM
– Cosplay in America (@cosplayamerica) January 3, 2021
The Blizzcon Cosplay community has lost a friend against Covid today. Jarod Nandin was best known for his cosplay from The Warcraft South Park Guy, but he was also an advocate of the positivity of cosplay and encouraged people to cosplay whatever they wanted. They will miss you. pic.twitter.com/kDxcL8darY
– ittleLittle Sparkz🌟 (@LittleSparkzLFG) January 3, 2021
Today he @Warcraft & bigger @Blizzard_Ent the community lost one of its sweetest souls against Covid. Jarod Nandin aka @JarodNWBZPWNR was best known for his famous Blizzcon cosplay “What Has No Life.” @South Park ep “Make Love Not Warcraft” … (cont) https://t.co/LGCWKUWD1R pic.twitter.com/Mx63iS4ivG
– Michele Morrow (@michelemorrow) January 3, 2021
rip Jarod Nandin, an icon of World of Warcraft and South Park, who lost his life due to the covid. let him go to Azeroth forever pic.twitter.com/zoH5Hk9bu7
– Rod Breslau (@Slasher) January 4, 2021