Quirkies 360 🌐 NQC Recap 🤝

Host: Sam (@SamAdoption on @quirkiesnft)^* · Wed 2 Sep 2026 · 1:01:24 · 8 speakers

TL;DR

• A full debrief of "New Cork City" — the team's NFT NYC weekend — covering the bodega ritual, a 16–1 Yankee blowout, the main event, and the whale dinner.
• The Monday event doubled as a showcase reveal: the first physical collectible (one teaser a day for the next few days), the Quirk Kids learning app, a low-key skating video game (debuting on tomorrow's skate space), pins, coasters, apparel and new QRCs.
• Papii launched a live OG bounty raffle at quirkhub.xyz/bounty (Schnecky donated the OG after out-bowling him), aiming to fill the last four slots that night.
• A New Cork City "Rookie of the Year" award was created for two newcomers, Pele and Show, with custom one-of-one skate decks likely drawn by Molly.
• Big thanks all around: Jed's Stefano's steakhouse hosted the whale dinner (side by side with Claynosaurz/Regens), and OpenSea and Yuga/Bored Ape Yacht Club sponsored the event.

Highlights

[5:21] Ash walks the room through Sunday's bodega ritual. Arriving first with a crew of NQC first-timers (Piff, Drew Astro, Super), she plays veteran guide into the back of "La Bodega" — the storefront that fronts a diehard Yankee-fan clubhouse — and describes watching Papii thrive among the seasoned bleacher crowd who still remember his dad.

[10:13] A 16–1 demolition sets the tone. The Red Sox pitching to their shortstop by the fifth, the bleachers packed with quirkies, and a nightcap at Twins — Ash's "usual Yankee day," until Papii jumps in to remind everyone it turned into a 14-hour marathon of bowling, tacos and shenanigans.

[12:43] Papii on the venue and the reveals. He credits Sports DeFi and his wife for a rooftop-bar space they "couldn't have drawn up any better," then runs through the collector's pins (~100 of each, with 40–50 sets going to the website before selling out for good) and the first-ever public look at the physical collectible and Quirk Kids app.

[17:43] Piff shares the Quirk Kids moment. Just home and out of the shower, he admits he was genuinely nervous standing at his own TV explaining the educational side of things — and marvels that people kept circling back to the Quirk Kids screen to rewatch the two 4K animation clips he's most proud of.

[24:11] Papii gives the team their flowers. He calls it as close to a perfect weekend as they could have dreamed, and shares that a college friend of 15 years — one quirky last year, 29 now — got teary-eyed at dinner, comparing last year to this year as "a Toyota Corolla to a Lamborghini."

[28:15] Ash's shoutout to Show, and Sam's dry rebuttal. Ash praises Show for covering the door all night and refusing every break — "thank you for letting me boss you around because yes, I am the boss." Sam gently notes Show wasn't at the door when he left to say goodbye, before signing off to "all of our Toyota Corolla drivers in the community."

[29:26] The official steakhouse of Web3. Ash's tribute to Jed and Liz for shutting Stefano's down to the public — twice — lands as one of the warmest beats of the night: "you guys are literally the official steakhouse of Web3."

[42:13] The bounty and golden-ticket giveaways. Papii explains the new quirkhub.xyz/bounty tool Josh built in ninety minutes: buy one of the flagged OGs, land in the wheel, one of eight wins the OG outright. Ash adds the New Cork City apparel golden tickets — snack pack already won one — pairing with a Molly-designed golden skateboard.

[47:51] Jed on the whale dinner. He recounts the "chairs" gimmick nobody sat still for ("Web3 people never listen, everybody looked under their chairs"), the after-hours he was reluctantly talked into keeping open, and being pleasantly surprised the holders weren't the 60-year-old dudes he'd imagined.

[53:05] The Lamb Preacher. Papii declares himself the future "Lamb Preacher" of Twitter, briefly mistakes the lamb for goat, and lets slip that the pork chop is "wagyu on the bone" — a secret he swears will die with him.

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Notable quotes

• "It's like a Toyota Corolla to a Lamborghini." — Papii, quoting his 29-quirk friend [25:28]
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• "Thank you for letting me boss you around because yes, I am the boss." — Ash [28:15]
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• "You guys are literally the official steakhouse of Web3." — Ash, on Jed & Liz [29:26]
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• "As long as there's bacon, bro, I'm all in." — Piff [41:21]
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• "Even if your restaurant sucked and the food sucked, I would still be your friend… so thank you for not sucking." — Papii to Jed [49:10]
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• "Don't cry, it's not a funeral, this is a birth." — Papii, on the teary goodbyes [55:38]
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Who said what

• Sam (@SamAdoption)^* — Host/MC; opened the space, steered the recap, and supplied the weekend's driest running commentary.
• Ash (@princessashleiv) — Anchored the storytelling: the bodega ritual, the Yankee day, and heartfelt shoutouts to Show, Jed's team, and the many holders met for the first time; ran the golden-ticket giveaway.
• Papii (@RealPapii) — Co-leader; delivered the big-picture weekend recap, the product reveals, the OG bounty mechanics, and the round of gratitude to team and sponsors.
• Piff (@RealPiffsPeak) — Walked through the Quirk Kids learning app and the 4K animation work, and the nerves and pride of presenting it live.
• Molly (@SanaeMolly) — Joined remotely; the art and design force behind pins, apparel and QRCs, cheering from afar with full FOMO.
• Jed (@jed_131) — Stefano's steakhouse host; recapped the whale dinner, the after-hours, the menu, and merging the crowd with Claynosaurz/Regens.

Worth a full listen

• [5:21]–[11:06] — Ash's bodega-to-bleachers narration is the weekend in miniature: the food, the tradition, the Yankee blowout, and the affection for Papii's connection to the place. A summary flattens the texture.
• [47:51]–[54:11] — The Jed exchange runs on genuine warmth and food-nerd rapport, from the chairs bit to the Lamb Preacher declaration and the wagyu-pork-chop "secret."
• [42:13]–[45:45] — Worth it if you want the actual bounty mechanics: how quirkhub.xyz/bounty works, the today-only sweetener, and how Schnecky's donated OG got the whole thing going.

* some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.