Re:Envisioning Web3 | Let's talk OTHERSIDE with zGhostin

Host: Jed (@jed_131) with co-host Lyss (@Lysss302, "Liz" on the mic) · Fri, 14 Aug 2026 · 1:34:11 · ~9 active speakers

TL;DR

• The room celebrated Adam Weissman sweeping 100+ regens, placing the collection alongside the "upper echelon" projects he collects [10:24].
• Fireside with guest zGhostin (@zGhostin), who's leading the regens into Otherside: blue-collar upbringing, competitive Call of Duty career, and a rare "came to NFTs through gaming" origin story [16:03].
• Long, friendly debate on why gamers still reject NFTs — the room mostly landed on "just build good games first" [24:37].
• Concrete Otherside plans floated: a De Stefano's build in the metaverse, live-streaming from the real steakhouse into an Otherside "bubble," and a community tour next Thursday 8pm EST [1:08:15].
• Heavy push on the Anvil/Unvault "rebucks" staking loop — stake regens, earn passive rewards, snipe/swap from the pool below floor [54:00].
• CryptoBulliez (@CryptoBullyzNFT) previewed "Ascension" on Ape Chain with a Robin Hood bridge and a new "Robin Hoodie" trait [1:25:18]. Tomorrow marks the 300th consecutive daily space [1:01:00].

Highlights

Adam Weissman's 100-regen sweep [10:24] — Jed opened fired up over a late-night "Jed talk" celebrating a collector who swept 100+ regens, noting the buyer's other holdings skew toward Meebits, Chromie Squiggles, and that top tier — "great feelings to be included in that group."

zGhostin's backstory [16:03] — The fireside centerpiece. Ghostin grew up in suburban Ohio, son of a post-office/newspaper dad who worked essentially seven days a week for 22 years — and now works at the same post office himself (11 years in). Jed connected it to his own father who went to law school in his late thirties while working Budweiser shifts.

From game battles to NFTs [20:13] — Ghostin traced his path from playing Halo campaigns with his dad to competitive Call of Duty "game battles," online tournaments for money, and friends he still talks to 20 years later. Jed marveled that esports is now a Division I college sport with scholarships — "meanwhile I should've probably been telling [my kids] play more games."

Why do gamers hate NFTs? [24:37] — Ghostin traced the bad rep to the 2021 FaZe/apes fallout, but noted he came in through gaming — an anomaly Jed said he'd basically never heard before. Lyss argued the real problem is devs building "the Web3 aspect first, and then the game comes second," making janky products gamers won't touch [26:52].

"Just build good games" [30:35] — Lyss's throughline, using Off the Grid as an example of a promising shooter that over-indexed on crypto marketing. Her fix: make something people actually want to play, then layer Web3 on the side.

The social side of Otherside [33:56] — Ghostin and Makaveli sold the room on the non-gaming layer: "bubbles," community events, ODK building tools coming late-2026/early-2027. Lyss lit up on the "bubble" feature, pitching a recurring "De Stefano's happy hour" in-world for people who can't make the NYC dinners [40:44].

Live-streaming the steakhouse into the metaverse [42:21] — Jed asked whether they could live-feed the real De Stefano's onto a screen inside their Otherside build. Makaveli and McFly both said it's doable — McFly noting they already run OBS/servers for streaming — turning it into a three-man "let's test it" project [51:25].

Makaveli on what he's bullish about [45:41] — Asked for his top bets, Makaveli went not to features but to people: the team ("not foreign to Web3"), the builders in public, and the communities that "become the platform from within," plus the emerging Otherside resource economy, deeds, and ODK.

Anvil / rebucks alpha [54:00–1:01:00] — McFly and Lyss pressed holders to stake regens for "rebucks" and use the arbitrage tool to snipe regens below floor. Jed was candid that it only really prints with volume and higher floor prices (as with the "brokers" ecosystem), and that they're building a game to give rebucks a deflationary sink.

CryptoBulliez "Ascension" preview [1:25:18] — A dense rundown of ascension on Ape Chain, an open Robin Hood ↔ Ape Chain bridge, a new "Robin Hoodie" trait, staged burn odds, and up to 20% of stake distributions routed to ascended piles — plus an on-chain pixel-collection launchpad.

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "What I'm bullish on when it comes to the Otherside right now is the people involved… while the Otherside is a beautiful thing, it's really the people that make the place." — Makaveli [45:41]
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• "If we have to force ourselves to play something, then what are we doing? So my point is again, just make good games." — Lyss [32:59]
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• "It's easy to make money, it's hard to keep money… it's easy to get a little bit of attention, but it's hard to keep the attention." — Slick Ric [1:21:23]
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• "I was happy for 24 hours, but now it's like, what's next?… while we have attention right now, it's time to keep executing." — Jed [1:20:41]
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• "There's no time off in crypto, there's no time off on opportunities. So lock in and get ready." — Lyss [1:28:15]
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• "I'm not gonna I'm fucking five seven… small in height, but small and strong." — Jed, on his short Otherside avatar [1:25:18]
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Who said what

• Jed (@jed_131, host) — ran the fireside, framed the gamers-vs-NFTs question, tempered the rebucks hype with realism, and kept circling back to "capitalize on momentum."
• Lyss (@Lysss302, co-host, "Liz") — energy engine of the room; pushed IRL-to-Otherside connection, De Stefano's happy hours, and the "don't fade the rebucks / bet on you" messaging.
• zGhostin (@zGhostin, guest) — the honoree; shared his post-office/gaming backstory and served as the group's Otherside guide, fielding deed, avatar, and event questions.
• Makaveli (@MakaveliDlaCruz) — the deepest Otherside head in the room; explained ODK, deeds, the resource economy, and why he's bullish on people over features.
• McFly (@MrMcFly100) — practical alpha: OBS streaming into Otherside, unstake a regen so your avatar shows, and how to use the Anvil arbitrage tool.
• Money Miller (@ItsMoneyMiller) — dropped in with warm love for the steakhouse and NYC plans for late Aug/early Sept, plus a side project shipping by month's end.
• Slick Ric (@richj530) — the "regen mental health advocate"; closing gratitude and the "don't get complacent" sermon.
• DiDi (@ImDiDi6_6, "Silent Bob") — BTFD/OG rabbits, now on Unvault; agreed to collab weekly spaces (Thursdays 8pm).
• CryptoBulliez (@CryptoBullyzNFT) — previewed Ascension, the Robin Hood/Ape Chain bridge, and an on-chain launchpad.

Worth a full listen

• [16:03]–[22:33] — Ghostin's fireside plays best unabridged: the two-jobs dad, Halo with his father, and the 20-year gaming friendships give the whole "Otherside" theme its human weight.
• [24:37]–[33:56] — The gamers-and-NFTs exchange between Jed, Ghostin, and Lyss is the most substantive stretch, ranging over FaZe, pay-to-level vs. cosmetics, and Off the Grid.
• [45:41]–[48:57] — Makaveli's extended "let them cook" case for Otherside — ODK, deeds, resources, the three pillars — is the clearest state-of-the-metaverse summary in the room.