# NFT Events — the Pre-Game for NFT NYC

Host: Super (@SHGFees) with co-host Sho (@AgogoKaren) · Fri, Aug 28 2026 · 1:49:42 · 13 speakers

## TL;DR
- Super opened an "NFT events" space the night before flying out for NFT NYC, and it happily drifted from a topic session into a full pre-game hangout of regulars planning their meetups.
- Lyss announced she'd spin up a group chat after the space for anyone with free time Tuesday/Wednesday, plus a curated regens table and holder specials at De Stefano's on Wednesday.
- The heart of the room was IRL connection — meeting people you've only ever heard in spaces — anchored by Jroc3D's speech and Lyss's story of bonding with Bobby at Art Basel.
- Practical takeaways: outline your day (don't over-schedule it), set up group chats and rides beforehand, New York beats LA on walkability, and Tim floated a "speed-mingling" ice-breaker to open the dinner.
- Meow's Custom Soles got a spotlight, with Lyss urging builders to prep a short pitch for the group's livestream.
- Super's regular space schedule pauses until he's back; anything before then will be pop-ups.

## Highlights
**[7:35] Super frames the night.** He explains he made a space about NFT events because he'd end up talking about them anyway — tomorrow is day one of NFT NYC for him and Sho — but he wants it broader: share your past event experiences, or what you'd want out of one if you've never been.

**[9:24] Sho on FOMO from the outside.** With her city hosting its "Hotter'n Hell" hundred-mile bike race, Sho reflects on years of watching everyone else meet up IRL and feeling like "sucks to be us" — and how good it feels to finally be on the inside going this time.

**[14:05] Tim reframes the LA FOMO.** After missing the F it LA Bored Apes party, Tim decided the answer isn't chasing someone else's event but planning New York's own — bigger, walkable, vibe-first — later expanding it [41:39] into a dream of dusting off the Seaport inflatables and bringing every community together on the water.

**[20:00] Lyss, the event-planning brain.** Lyss (owns the spreadsheets, unashamed) argues New York's past NFT events fumbled because out-of-towners planned them across un-walkable neighborhoods, called Tech Week a 1,500-event mess, and pitched reviving a V-con at the Javits Center that folds in the apes, regens, quirkies and OpenSea [22:25].

**[52:04] How to work a room, per Super.** His method from NFT Paris: walk up to a cluster of strangers in one of the inflatable igloos, make eye contact, say "what's up," and let them pull you in — he still has post-notifications on for someone he met that way.

**[54:16] Lyss on being present — and Tim's early-bird problem.** Lyss recommends leaving the phone in your purse to actually connect, then recalls Tim showing up suited-up with a briefcase to a New York dinner at 3–4 p.m., alone, because "we live in New York." Sho's verdict: a senior-citizen move.

**[1:00:00] Jroc3D's IRL speech.** Dialing in from a Delaware beach with his kid running around, Jroc3D delivers the room's emotional core: once you hear the voice you've spent months with, the shell breaks and strangers become family — you're doing friendship in reverse.

**[1:16:48] Tim's speed-mingling idea.** As the resident introvert (pink hoodie, corner table), Tim suggests kicking the dinner off with a one-minute speed-date round so newcomers can meet everyone and break the ice — Sho immediately declares it a panic attack [1:17:32]. Lyss counters that she and Jed already do this on the sly by spreading the food across the room [1:20:16].

**[1:27:30] Meow's Custom Soles spotlight.** Lyss puts the pressure on Meow (business plans expected [1:28:55]) to show her growth, then makes the pitch [1:38:44]: custom sneakers, purses, Bills bags — invest in someone who shows up for the space every day.

**[1:44:13] Jed closes the room.** De Stefano's owner Jed pops in at the buzzer to "promote the restaurant" — by advising Super to pack a bulletproof vest for Brooklyn — before threatening to reveal Super's real name and dropping instantly.

## Topic timeline
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 0:00–7:35 | Music, room filling in |
| 7:35–13:47 | Space intro; De Stefano's food FOMO, mac-and-cheese banter |
| 13:47–23:12 | NY vs LA events, planning philosophy, Tech Week, Javits/V-con |
| 23:12–31:07 | Group-chat plans, extending the trip, outgrowing old friends |
| 31:07–39:22 | Drinks, NA options, the menu, West-Coast IV parties |
| 39:22–43:10 | Past events, Japan food, the Seaport Bored Ape idea |
| 43:10–51:19 | Charles cameo, vegan/gout talk, NYC food spots |
| 51:19–1:11:05 | Meeting people IRL: introvert tips, Jroc3D's speech |
| 1:11:05–1:24:20 | Charger bit, being present, speed-mingling, Jed trolling |
| 1:24:20–1:33:17 | Event anxiety, Meow spotlight, Woof's number-stand |
| 1:33:17–1:43:40 | The feet/shoe running bit, "shoe ho," pods jokes |
| 1:43:40–1:49:42 | Jed's close, web3 vs IRL names, schedule pause, wrap |

## Notable quotes
- "Being live in person… you could never replace. It's a bond that you feel, it's an aura that you get." — Tim [15:40]
- "Don't go to dinner at three, four o'clock in New York. I don't know if that's an LA thing." — Lyss [54:16]
- "Or it's a senior citizens thing, ma'am." — Sho [55:35]
- "Okay, so I'll leave my roofies at home, is what you're telling me." — Woof [1:26:21]
- "We're not gonna look anybody in the eyes. We're just gonna eat steak. We're gonna get out of there." — Tim [1:29:21]
- "I now have brothers and sisters that I didn't grow up with, but I grew into." — Jroc3D [1:09:50]

## Who said what
- **Super (@SHGFees)** — host; set the loose format, confessed to a year of De Stefano's food FOMO, mulled extending his stay, and announced the space pause.
- **Sho (@AgogoKaren)\*** — co-host heading to her first big event; the room's warmth and comic engine, from FOMO confessions to being a self-declared "shoe and purse ho."
- **Lyss (@Lysss302)\*** — the planner; group chat, regens table, De Stefano's hospitality/social duties, the Javits V-con vision, and Meow's biggest cheerleader.
- **Tim (@tim_8093)\*** — introvert and chief troll; pushed New York-run events and the Seaport reunion, floated speed-mingling, joked he's just there for the food.
- **Jroc3D (@JusCrypto88)\*** — delivered the heartfelt case for IRL connection from a Delaware vacation; can't make it but promised he will.
- **Jose (@Yoshi_3000)\*** — coordinating to meet Super on the travel day; a fellow three-pairs-of-the-same-shoes guy.
- **Dan (@brokenrealitydh)\*** — pillows arrived and are puppy-endangered; bringing his non-web3 (and nervous) wife Tuesday.
- **Woof (@WoofArmyXX)\*** — pure comic relief; the number-stand, paid-picture, handshake-and-left-shoe bits.
- **Meow (@MeowMetaX)\*** — Meow's Custom Soles; custom sneakers, purses and bags, growing since the last meetup.
- **DaFameless (@DaFameless)\*** — shoe/paint questions and holder of the threatened blackmail photo of Super.
- **Margie B (@MargieAponte2)\*** — late feet-defense of Sho and a karaoke shout to Jroc3D.
- **Jed (@jed_131)\*** — De Stefano's owner; the deadpan bulletproof-vest sign-off.

## Worth a full listen
- **[59:52]–[1:11:05]** — Jroc3D's speech into Lyss's Bobby-at-Basel story. This stretch is the reason the space existed; the summary can't carry the sincerity.
- **[1:33:17]–[1:42:00]** — The feet-and-shoe running bit ("gargoyle feet," rats, the pods, left-shoe inventory). Peak room chemistry, best heard live.
- **[51:19]–[57:51]** — The introvert survival-guide round, where each speaker's real event-anxiety and their fixes come out honestly (and funnily).

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