World of Warcraft and South Park cosplay legend Jarod Nandin passes away Phil HornshawJarod Nandin, who famously cosplayed the villainous high-level World of Warcraft player from one of South Park\u2019s most iconic episodes, \u2018Make Love Not Warcraft,\u2019 has sadly passed away. Jarod Nandin was nothing short of a legend in the cosplay community. He made headlines everywhere back in 2013 when he cosplayed the high-level World of Warcraft player from South Park\u2019s \u2018Make Love Not Warcraft\u2019 episode at Blizzcon. For those who can\u2019t remember, the character was an obese and bald middle-aged man. He was supposed to represent a stereotypical PC gamer nerd who had no life outside World of Warcraft. Jarod\u2019s cosplay was a surprise, and it was perfect. Jarod revealed his health had rapidly declined back on December 18, 2020. Sadly, it never improved and eventually claimed his life. His passing has left a hole in many people\u2019s hearts, including presenter, podcast host, and video game journalist Michele Morrow. \u201cToday, the Warcraft and greater Blizzard community lost one of its sweetest souls,\u201d she said. \u201cJarod Nandin, also known as JarodNWBZPWNR, was best known [for] his famous Blizzcon cosplay \u201cThat Which Has No Life\u201d from the South Park episode \u201cMake Love Not Warcraft.\u201d \u201cJarod had a fantastic sense of humor and was an advocate for cosplayers, body acceptance, and positivity,\u201d she added. \u201cI always enjoyed seeing him online and at conventions [throughout] the years. \u201cHe loved Overwatch and was a kickass gamer,\u201d she said, which is something not a lot of people realized. \u201cI saw him at Blizzcon nearly every year. He gave the best hugs and always had something positive to share.\u201d \u201cRest In Peace Jarod, you beautiful soul,\u201d she said. \u201cBlizzcon won\u2019t be the same without you. Thank you for making an impact [on] my life and so many others. We will never forget you.\u201d View this post on Instagram Jarod will always be remembered for his larger-than-life personality, inspiring confidence, dedication to the community, and of course, his iconic cosplay. Nobody has ever managed to bring that character to life as well as he did. It takes a special kind of person to invest their time in bringing joy and happiness to other people\u2019s lives, even if it\u2019s something simple, like putting a smile on their face at Blizzcon. Jarod was one of those people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
World of Warcraft and South Park cosplay legend Jarod Nandin passes away Phil HornshawJarod Nandin, who famously cosplayed the villainous high-level World of Warcraft player from one of South Park\u2019s most iconic episodes, \u2018Make Love Not Warcraft,\u2019 has sadly passed away. Jarod Nandin was nothing short of a legend in the cosplay community. He made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}