Nigward

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About

"Nigward" Refers to a series of videos that feature low quality images of Squidward, usually one normal and one edited, with various different sounds from "Call of Duty: Zombies" playing in the background.

Origin

The earliest known use of the format originates from a video uploaded by YouTube user "Aaa" on December 29, 2017. The video features a highly compressed image of the character Squidward from the series Spongebob Squarepants with the "COD: World at War Zombies – Round" sound effect. Afterwards, it cuts to another highly compressed image of Squidward, this time coloured Black, with the "COD: Black Ops 2 Zombies – Round" sound effect over it. It has amassed over 70,000 views.

Spread

A video named "Japward" was uploaded shortly after by the YouTube user "Calm" on January 3, 2018 in the same format as Nigward, however instead featuring a different image of Squidward with notable features comparable to that of a Japanese person, such as smaller, more squinted eyes. As well as being highly compressed, the background audio was replaced with the "COD: Zombies – Fetch me their souls!" Sound effect. This video has amassed over 20,000 views.

Shortly after, a commentary gameplay video was uploaded by YouTube user Kyros, in which him and his friends play competitive matches of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. At around 2:07 in the video, they notice that one of their opponents is named "NIGWARD". They continue to find the joke funny before making a joke about how Nigward's favourite rap artist is "FUTURE". Another user named "scarxkr x" reuploaded the cut part of the video, amassing over 40,000 views.