SLICK RIC's RE:ALIGNED — NFT NYC & the Results of IRL Meetups

Host: SLICK RIC (@richj530) with co-host Margie B (@MargieAponte2) · Wed, Sep 2 2026 · 1:40:44 · ~10 speakers

TL;DR

• The night's centerpiece: a packed dinner at De Stefano's steakhouse in NYC during NFT NYC week, where the Regens, Claynosaurz, Quirkies and others (60+ people, plus board apes, crypto punks) broke bread under one roof. Everyone who called in had just left it.
• Recurring thesis of the whole Space: "IRL is the alpha." Turning usernames into real relationships builds trust you can't fake online.
• Sol Saver (@TheSolSaverX) is training in to NFT NYC and got connected live to McFly (@MrMcFly100) — Pudgy Penguins pizza party, Gary V event, and OpenSea gatherings on the docket.
• Papii (@RealPapii) walked through his event: a surprise Yankee game, a Brooklyn bowling-alley afterparty (with an OG wagered on a strike), and the first public reveal of his physical collectibles and a subway-runner-style skate game.
• Jed (@jed_131) and Lyss (@Lysss302) got heavy flowers for turning De Stefano's into a Web3 hub — a plan they sketched out at that same steakhouse a year ago.
• Miami / Art Basel was set as the next target: VIP Dec 2–3, open Dec 4–6.

Highlights

[5:31] McFly opens with the steakhouse recap. Fresh off the night, he called it surreal — three projects under one roof, everyone with their own table but all mingling. "IRL is the alpha," he said, a line that would become the Space's refrain. He singled out introverts like Super High who walked in shy and ended the night taking shots and trolling with everyone.

[10:29] Sol Saver checks in from his laptop, train-bound for NFT NYC. He's skipping the main expo for the OpenSea/V Friends event and the AI/entrepreneur meetups. Slick and McFly connected him on the spot — numbers exchanged, an invite to the Pudgy Penguins pizza party (7pm), and a "we're gonna be outside, just tap in."

[18:19] Margie reflects on living through everyone's photos. Nursing migraines and unable to travel, she leaned into gratitude — thankful to hear the joy in Super High's voice and to see people who almost didn't book the trip having the best night of their lives. Her throughline: surround yourself with people you can tease and laugh with, because "stress is a damn killer."

[29:57] Slick's monologue on usernames becoming relationships. The heart of his thesis: everything starts behind a PFP, but the handshake on the asphalt is where trust is built. He praised McFly's five years of grassroots networking as "the fruits of his labor," noting he can now walk into top-tier events on his name alone.

[36:25] McFly on trust and doing real business. Building on Slick, he called the friendships his biggest ROI and drew the line clearly: "not all money is good money." His favorite role is being the plug — vouching for people because he knows their character in and out of the spaces.

[57:50] Papii's country-club analogy for NFTs. Recounting the deep business conversations and complementary skill sets colliding at his event, he compared it to why people pay to join expensive golf courses — the round matters less than the CEO you sit with after. Notably, "nobody even asked me for alpha one time."

[1:12:19] Lyss on the Regen ethos. She described watching people who'd never been to New York — or even a steakhouse — finally "get it" at the table. Her pitch: if you're in NYC and skip De Stefano's, "you're doing yourself a disservice," holder or not. And her rallying line: "there's no PvP here. We can all make it as long as you put in the work."

[1:18:03] Jed on the night — and on Super High's midnight green tea. Jed lit up over Cab and the Claynosaurz team, praised ANTI as a walking encyclopedia, and celebrated McFly showing up in a full suit on request. The comic beat of the night: someone (a "mega VC") telling him it felt like eating at his late grandparents' house — genuinely moving — right alongside Jed roasting Super High for ordering green tea at midnight.

[1:32:14] Jed on serving 40 slices of pizza himself. He told the story of personally handing every single person a slice at the pizza run, so everyone knew he served them. Slick's takeaway: it's the little things — remembering a regular's drink — and in order to be a boss, you've got to be willing to be a worker.

[1:39:15] Slick closes over an "Empire State of Mind" send-off. He gave the New Yorkers their flowers, admitted he was "jealous as hell" to have missed it, and ended the night blessing the room.

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "IRL is always the alpha. Make sure y'all get to know the people y'all networking with in real life. That shit will change your fucking life." — McFly [1:07:21]
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• "There's no PvP here. We can all make it as long as you put in the work." — Lyss [1:13:58]
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• "All I got in this world is my word and my balls, and I won't break them for nobody." — McFly [1:22:24]
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• "Nobody even asked me for alpha one time... it's the same value as joining a country club." — Papii [1:57:50]
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• "I want every motherfucker to know that I served [them a] slice each. It's all part of how you build." — Jed [1:32:14]
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• "Those are moments that money can't buy. Solana, ETH, XRP, Bitcoin — they can't buy that shit." — SLICK RIC [1:28:xx]

Who said what

• SLICK RIC (@richj530) — Host, calling in from home after a back injury kept him from NYC. Anchored the "usernames into relationships / trust" thesis and hyped every guest.
• Margie B (@MargieAponte2) — Co-host, sidelined by migraines but curating photos in the "Slickatron" and delivering the emotional/gratitude throughline; posted the Art Basel dates.
• McFly (@MrMcFly100) — De Stefano's regular and connector-in-chief; evangelist for "IRL is the alpha," showed up in a suit, linked Sol Saver into NYC events.
• Sol Saver (@TheSolSaverX) — Training in from Syracuse for NFT NYC's AI/entrepreneur side; got plugged into the group live.
• Stu Kwan (@stukwan) — Building Wakey XR grassroots with his daughter; preached staying focused on your own objective instead of watching the next person.
• Papii (@RealPapii) — Regens builder; recapped the Yankee game, bowling wager, his event, and teased physical collectibles, a skate game, digitoys drop and a possible Claynosaurz collab.
• ANTI (@AntiOnChain) — Meetup organizer; called the night "rejuvenating" and the shared effort proof "we're gonna make it."
• Jed (@jed_131) — De Stefano's founder turning it into the Web3 hub; served the pizza himself, and got teased into an accidental daily-spaces habit.
• Lyss (@Lysss302) — De Stefano's/Regen force; articulated the ethos and the "no PvP, come experience it" invitation.

Worth a full listen

• [51:41]–[1:06:00] — Papii's full recap. The Yankee-game-turned-bowling-alley-turned-collectible-reveal arc, the country-club analogy, and the Claynosaurz/Cab conversation about building "for our kids' kids" don't compress well — it's the clearest window into what these IRL events actually produce.
• [1:14:02]–[1:20:16] — McFly's "kid in a candy store" moment into Jed's storytelling. The emotional peak of the night (the VC's grandparents line, Lyss with tears in her eyes) braided with the funniest beat (Super High's midnight green tea, McFly's suit).
• [1:24:45]–[1:26:32] — The daily-spaces running joke. ANTI and Slick ribbing Jed about how "one space a week" quietly became three, pop-ups, fireside chats and a Jed Talk — a warm, funny read on how leaders get pulled deeper in.