# 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.

## Topic timeline
| Time | Topic |
|------|-------|
| [0:06]–[3:29] | Opening music |
| [3:29]–[11:06] | Welcome; Sunday bodega + Yankee game recap |
| [11:06]–[17:43] | Papii: full weekend, event reveals (collectible, kids app, skate game, pins) |
| [17:43]–[22:26] | Piff: Quirk Kids app and its reception |
| [22:26]–[26:50] | Gratitude to the team; the emotional 29-quirk friend |
| [26:50]–[31:20] | Shoutouts to Show, and Jed & Liz's Stefano's |
| [31:20]–[35:36] | Rookie of the Year award; friendships formed |
| [35:36]–[42:13] | QRCs, Molly's remote contribution, first-time holders |
| [42:13]–[47:12] | OG bounty raffle + golden-ticket giveaways |
| [47:12]–[57:05] | Jed on whale dinner, food, and event sponsors |
| [57:05]–[59:28] | Wrap-up and what's next |
| [59:28]–end | Outro music |

## Notable quotes
- "It's like a Toyota Corolla to a Lamborghini." — Papii, quoting his 29-quirk friend [25:28]
- "Thank you for letting me boss you around because yes, I am the boss." — Ash [28:15]
- "You guys are literally the official steakhouse of Web3." — Ash, on Jed & Liz [29:26]
- "As long as there's bacon, bro, I'm all in." — Piff [41:21]
- "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]
- "Don't cry, it's not a funeral, this is a birth." — Papii, on the teary goodbyes [55:38]

## 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.