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10KTF Teaching Tuesday’s 🛎: Guest @HodlrCollective + Discussion + Q&A
Recorded: Dec. 13, 2023 Duration: 1:55:01Space Recording
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Here we go.
One more time.
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I'm gonna celebrate, oh yeah
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One more time, I'm gonna celebrate, oh yeah
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I'm just feeling celebration tonight
Celebrate, don't wait too late
No, we don't stop
You can't stop
We're gonna celebrate, yeah
One more time
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One more time
Celebrate, don't wait too late
You know we're gonna do it the right time
Tonight, hey
Hey, I'm just feeling
Music's got me feeling in need
Need, yeah
Come on, alright
We're gonna celebrate
One more time
Celebrate and dance so free
Music's got me feeling so free
Celebrate and dance so free
One more time
You just got me feeling so free
We're gonna celebrate
Celebrate and dance so free
One more time
You just got me feeling so free
We're gonna celebrate
Celebrate and dance so free
One more time
You just got me feeling so free
We're gonna celebrate
Celebrate and dance so free
All right, all right, all right, what's up guys, how are we doing today, round of applause
for you guys that are here on time, appreciate you.
I'm usually the one that comes in late, so that's why I say I'm glad that you guys are
here on time, since I'm usually the one coming in late, but let me switch over.
Feel free to chime in, can you guys hear me okay?
Am I coming across, maybe a thumbs up or anything?
Any emoji response, just to make sure I'm coming through.
Thanks, A-Bomb.
My birthday brother is here.
Thank you for being here.
Appreciate you.
So, yeah.
Thank you guys for being here at 10KTF Teaching Tuesdays.
Special guests, the Hodler, Lost, the Hodler Collective, call them what you will.
I call them the Apes Coms squad leader.
So, hopefully he's going to jump in here pretty soon.
I know he has another 7 o'clock spaces kind of happening as well.
I know there's a lot of elections and whatnot happening in the ApeCoin DAO.
So, he is a big facilitator, leading the voice for connecting the people, getting some messaging
across.
So, hopefully he's going to jump in here a little bit and we will chat with him about everything
he's been doing and working on.
And he's here.
All right.
All right.
Round of applause for the Hodler.
A.K.A. Lost.
A.K.A. Apes Coms squad leader.
What's up, friend?
How are you doing?
Yeah, I'm just getting my button over here.
I'm good.
Sorry about being late.
Turn my mic on, too.
Over here.
How are we doing?
Good, good.
I'm usually the one late.
That's what I was just telling everybody that's here.
So, no big deal on that.
No minus points for tonight.
Only gold stars all around.
I need those.
I need those.
That's what I'm saying, right?
We got to have them, right?
Yeah, no.
Thanks for getting back to me.
And I know you have a lot of different things, I'm sure, on your plate.
I'm sure you have tons of DMs.
But, yeah.
How's your month going?
How's December going so far?
Yeah, it's been a crazy month.
Obviously, we had the Hong Kong Ape Fest going on.
And, yeah, I mean, we can get into it more during the discussion, but I guess what a crazy
catalyst the Ape Fest Hong Kong has been for the ApeCoin DAO and just all the excitement
and energy we've seen in the DAO during the selections.
And I guess other than that, just, yeah, I've been a little bit buried with the election
themselves.
So, we had a little bit of fun, but kind of expecting and am now going through the grind.
Yeah.
How about you?
Did you go to Ape Fest?
Can you hear me?
Did I run?
I'm taking over.
I'm taking over this space, all right?
I was only a couple seconds late, but I flipped the switch.
Uh-oh.
Can you hear me?
There we go.
Oh, all right.
Yeah.
Yeah, no, I did not make it out to Ape Fest, unfortunately.
Couldn't swing that trip.
Wasn't in the budget.
But I heard that a lot of people went and they enjoyed it.
There was a lot of community, a lot of debuting of different things, a lot of brand building.
I don't know.
It looked awesome from all the pictures I saw and all the videos I saw, all the footage.
Shout out to the damn show for getting the exclusive coverage for streaming that.
Um, but yeah, it seemed like a great time.
Um, were you there for the whole trip?
Yeah, shoot.
I was there for extra.
I didn't show up early or anything, but I got there on the, when did I get there?
I think I got there on the 3rd and I was there until the 10th.
Um, I went, yeah, I went to Taiwan for, from the 8th to the 10th.
That's cool.
That's cool.
Yeah.
Well, just to double check.
So I know you said at seven o'clock you got to head out right to the other spaces.
Uh, yeah.
Okay, cool.
So I usually just cover the brief news happenings, but I'm not going to do a full on, uh, breakdown.
We'll just do one quick news piece here and then we'll get into all the happenings with you and everything going on.
Uh, cause, uh, I know you spend plenty of time in the space.
I always see you.
Uh, and I got a lot of appreciation and respects for you because I know you're putting in time.
I feel like your presence is always there and strong.
And so, yeah, but, um, anybody in the audience, feel free if you want to add your two cents, uh, comments down below is open right there.
Uh, and then we will cover the agenda.
Uh, yeah.
So first piece of news, um, just to cover Pudgy Penguins continuously doing different things.
Are you a holder?
Are you, do you have a Pudgy Penguin?
Uh, I feel like I shouldn't even say, but no, I don't, but I love the Penguins.
I love them.
Right?
I'm not either.
Full transparency.
I'm not a holder, although they are one of the parent PFPs for 10 KTF.
Um, and so if you are looking to get in, it's only a cool 10.05 ETH from what I checked earlier, which is the equivalent of $22,000.
So if you're thinking about jumping in, uh, feel free.
But, uh, unfortunately I do not, um, have one, but I got to say, I got appreciation and you got to respect the game.
You know, they're constantly dropping information, dropping innovation.
Uh, presence is strong.
Community is strong.
So, you know, what can I say?
Uh, other than, yeah, the latest piece, uh, this was coming out from December 9th at 6, 18 PM.
Pinned tweet up above Pudgy World Alpha powered by ZK Sync releasing Q1 of 2024.
The beginning of a new era of blockchain-backed experiences with the goal of onboarding millions brought to you by the Pudgy Penguins.
So, um, you know, they're debuting this, the Pudgy World, and, you know, if you look at it, I think it's going to be a big deal, like I usually do with a lot of their stuff.
Um, and so, you know, it says, I'm just going to, I'll just read a little couple of tweets under it too before I get on a little tangent.
But, it says, the Pudgy World vision is simple.
Build an open-world storytelling experience that is fun, playable, by millions, and on-chain.
Here's a sneak peek of what's to come.
And it shows you the whole view of everything in the land and the world.
From now until our public alpha launch, we will be testing the experience with our community with the first debut of the Pudgy Miami Art Battle event.
Our alpha launch will include a quest for Pudgy to reunite with peaches, new ways to socially interact, and more.
Pudgy World is a digital experience that closes the loop for our physical products by having Pudgy World and merchandise that are easily accessible and marked to the masses.
We serve as the first NFT and blockchain touchpoint for the public.
For our Pudgy toy experience, you can scan and include a QR code, make an account, redeem your traits, and customize your forever Pudgy penguin.
In Q1 of 2024, this experience gets elevated with our Pudgy World alpha launch, merging our physical and digital worlds into one.
A big part of the Pudgy World alpha launch is the introduction of our new characters, Pudgy and Peaches.
New characters make it easier for audiences to fully immerse themselves with the brand and understand our story.
And then it says, here's the description of the Pudgy, here's the description of the peaches.
We're also auctioning off limited edition Pudgy and Peaches collectible.
So I guess there was one toy figures of the two.
And then the last two tweets, it says in 2024, licensing penguins from our community and featuring community-owned penguins and products, animation, storytelling, and more will ramp up with the launch of our IP licensing marketplace, Overpass IP.
Providing a seamless and immersive on-chain experience between the physical and digital is core to our mission, and we are excited to take the next leap in bringing blockchain technology to the rest of the world.
So, round of applause to them.
Because they've been just doing all sorts of amazing things.
And again, I'm not a holder, but just sharing information for awareness because I think it's pretty cool.
I think they're doing a pretty dang good job.
And as far as these two little pieces of information in there, I mean, it's neat to see that they're building out two new characters, Pudgy and Peaches.
And it's neat to see that they auctioned off the actual physical toys.
There was only one of them.
And none other than Do It Big Chicago auctioned off and won the number one spot.
So he got those.
So, yeah.
What are your thoughts on this?
What do you think?
Hmm.
I mean, there's a lot going on there.
I think having the characters that they're building on makes a lot of sense.
So it gives them kind of like a lane to develop their IP and some people or not people, but some characters really that people can get used to, maybe follow along in a journey.
And then it's like a fun way for them to collaborate too, I guess, right?
Like with the Board API Club, we see Curtis and we see how he kind of gets involved with different collaborations or how they use his voice during the other side to kind of lead the experience.
So maybe we'll start to see some fun stuff like that from the Pudgy Penguins and see where they go from there.
Sounds fun.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, yeah.
It sounds like they cover a lot of bases and, you know, they've just been doing consistent stuff, which I feel like here in this space is important to have the presence and be authentic about it and be, you know, be real with what you're doing.
And I feel like, and I feel like different brands, not just Penguins, but other brands in general have started to refine that a little bit.
I think other brands, maybe your projects are still figuring that out or still refining things.
But yeah, so that's our little quick hit piece of news, but I'd like to give the rest of the time to the Hodler Collective, AKA Lost, AKA Apes Coms, squad leader.
But yeah, so what should we cover?
Because I feel like, I feel like you have your, your ear, your, your voice in a couple of different things.
But I mean, I got to say, like, I did check out the link that's in your handle, which I never actually clicked and checked out before, but it's pretty cool.
I really, really liked it.
The apescoms.org website that you have listed, you know, I think the calendar is super smooth and fluid.
It gives you like great look at all the upcoming events and events that have happened for reference, where it's just one click and then boom, you're there.
I like how that you can see all the people that are up for elections.
Once you click the link, I love how you have the actual messaging of what your message for, you know, the apescoms is and what you represent.
Very straightforward.
A great little landing page hub, something simple for people to reference and point to.
It's awesome.
I like it.
Yeah, I appreciate it.
And I guess that's a perfect, like, segue or lead into me letting people know that the election coverage this season is sponsored by Thank Apes.
So we are collaborating with them.
And you can see that they're on the calendar on the website.
So it hasn't always been in my bio.
So you didn't miss it.
You're viewing it just in time, just at the appropriate time, in fact.
But we will, going forward through the election season, have that available for the community as a way to sort of organize these discussions around the Dow.
And for now, it will be the center, the election center for all of these discussions that are happening just five, six, seven, eight, nine times a day.
So if people are struggling to keep up, that is just the quick splash page for people to be able to do that.
And also, I got to say shout out to SSP and shout out to Vulcan and Brazy for putting that together.
I really am just helping coordinate the voices and helping with the people.
And Adventure is Safe is really leading a lot of that work, too.
So shout out to the team on everything you're seeing with the calendar there.
Yeah, no, and, you know, I'll admit, I definitely haven't been in attendance as much as I would have liked to.
A lot of my mornings at that time when you guys run them are usually, I'm usually preoccupied, either out in the field at school sites, in a meeting, or working on something that has a deadline.
But there are certain seasons, I don't know if I want to call it seasons, there's certain segments in the school year where it gets a little bit busier and it gets a little bit slower.
So hopefully I can try and jump into a lot more of the spaces because I do feel like, you know, there can be some really great tidbits that you get to hear.
You can hear the discussions of where things are leaning towards and, you know, you always can get some good dialogue.
And there's always the regulars, there's always the regular people in attendance, there's always the regular characters.
I feel like, I don't know, maybe you could have a little insight on this.
I feel like maybe I'm one of the fewer OniForce PFPs that jumps in every now and then.
Is that a fair statement, you think?
Yeah, we work with the Web3 team and NippyQ has an Oni, but I think you're the main one.
You're the main fam.
Okay, cool.
All right, I'm glad I got that going for me.
Nice.
All right.
So I guess let's just kind of get to know, like, for anybody that re-listens to this after or whoever jumps in, usually they jump a little bit after, but, like, how did your journey get started kind of, like, into Web3 NFTs?
And then how did you find your way into, like, into the ApeCoin DAO and then into the comms?
I don't think I've ever really talked or asked that before in your spaces.
So I'm kind of just curious to see what your journey was like.
Yeah, I've done this story, so I'm sure some people have heard it and might be familiar before, and I think I can probably use it as a way to kind of lead us over to what's kind of relevant in the ApeCoin DAO now and the elections that are going on and sort of how people might be able to, I don't know, be successful with the DAO and sort of these elections, what's going on now.
So I came into the ecosystem, and I guess, like, coming into the ecosystem is perspective, but I started with blockchain without being in any sort of social media.
So I was actually on, I guess, Reddit, which is a form of social media, and that's where people really were trading Bitcoin, at least from my experience back in the day.
I had some people that pretty much told me to look into it and check it out that I trusted.
I was looking for, at the time, some options for an LARP, which is like a life insurance retirement plan, and it didn't end up working out.
And so it was a very fortunate segue into my learning about the blockchain ecosystem.
And I didn't start in this ecosystem as any sort of maxi, so not like, oh, I've got to have Bitcoin, I've got to have Ethereum.
I just kind of liked the idea of the blockchain as a technology.
It seemed to make sense to me.
I understand the way that some of our infrastructure works in the country.
So, like, for the hospitals or for the DMV, state to state, none of these things are connected.
If you break a leg in California and you pop up in New York, none of the doctors there know.
They might run you through an x-ray machine if you're passed out or something, and you've got a metal plate in your leg, they might blow your leg off.
You know, like, these systems aren't connected.
And if you have tickets in California and you go to Colorado, it's like it never happened, at least to the DMV.
And then, right, if they don't go digging too deep, these systems just aren't connected.
So the blockchain made sense.
And, yeah, it never really mattered to me if it was going to be Bitcoin or Ethereum or ADA or whatever.
So it made sense to me in that sense.
And that was actually, in 2017, was my first exposure to NFTs as well.
I learned about the engine ecosystem, about ENJ.
And at that time, they were building the ERC-1155 contract standards.
So that was really where I started learning about NFTs and what was then the white papers for Decentraland and some of these metaverse things.
But, yeah, fast forward 2021, Twitter, everybody's more involved.
Really, it was more like 2020.
People are, like, talking about blockchain and crypto, getting their profiles together on Twitter.
The NFT run sort of starts.
And then I get into the whole Bored Ape community.
And crypto changes forever, right?
So that's my segue.
Maybe turn it back over to you there.
Yeah, no, it sounds like so.
It was really the curiosity of the innovation of the technology that really drove your interest to really spend time initially, right?
And then it just got amplified at a whole other level once 2021 hit and people started to go crazy.
And then it was just, like, basically every freaking day, every freaking hour, there was something going on, right?
Yeah, 100%.
And I think, like, for me, the big shift from what was, to me, I guess, like, early blockchain vibes into the NFT community, like, waking up and making blockchain visible for regular people was this idea of, like, having privacy or, like, being anonymous, right?
Like, when we were buying Bitcoin, like, part of the idea was this, like, abstraction of your identity and not having to deal with banks and having, you know, just first-party ownership, having ownership of your assets.
And then this NFT thing sort of starts.
And now it's like we see more acceptance of centralized exchanges or different platforms that might own or hold our assets or manage our assets for us.
And then it's like, oh, here's my Bored Ape.
And if you can recognize, like, two or three traits of my Ape, you can search and find my Ape and find my wallet and see anything I've ever done on this wallet anyway.
So, yeah, big shift.
That's kind of what it was, right?
I mean, and for me, that was kind of, like, also, like, what really pulled me in was just thinking up the ways in my head, like, how it could be utilized, the imagination of actually for, like, different things to come to fruition, right?
Like, to have the ability to do stuff as fast without having oversight on certain avenues, being able to have, like, the transparency on the blockchain to see that was cool, collectible.
Like, once I started to piece, like, all the puzzle together, like, I really was just like, okay, this is it.
This is the next avenue where I'm spending chunks of time.
Like, this is the avenue I want to be in, you know?
And I'm not sure.
I don't know how old you are, but, you know, I was born in 84, so I feel like I've seen two decades of technology shift, you know?
I remember not having cell phones.
I remember not having the internet.
I remember not having Uber, not having a smartphone.
Like, these are monumental shifts that are very much the norm nowadays.
And so, for me, I kind of already took those references.
I'm speaking in video games, too, from console to, like, connected to the internet to live streaming, like, all these phases of tech.
So, I knew this was going to be something I wanted to, like, be around because at that time, I didn't have someone to guide me and say, oh, yeah, like, invest in Google, invest in Apple, or learn this tech.
Like, I didn't have that.
And so, now, I could see the writing on the wall, and I wanted to make sure I was around this in some capacity.
And so, I've been very fortunate, you know, to be in my in-real-life work where I have some flexibility now, and I have enough, let's say, professional experience where hopefully I can take some of my skill sets, apply them into this space.
And so, that's kind of how it led me to just doing this, you know, Teaching Tuesday, 10KTF Teaching Tuesday, is because I just wanted to be a part of it, right?
And that's kind of the other phase, right?
It's the excitement that there's always something there.
There's always somebody doing something, and you get excited to, like, log on and see, well, what's the news, or what's the drama?
In some cases, like, there is drama every other day or week of somebody, but at the same time, you're seeing amazing art.
You're seeing amazing individuals that have characters, that have personas, and you see tech being built in front of us that will become the norm for the next five to ten years.
So, I hear you, and I'm all about it.
So, yeah.
Well, shoot, now I feel like I might have to ask you a question or something here pretty soon.
Yeah.
Well, so, I guess teaching is another one of the, like, interesting crossovers for blockchain, right?
That's another one of the areas that doesn't really follow you around, like, because I got my diploma, my high school diploma, out of state, outside of the state that I'm from.
And so, the state that I'm from really has no reference or no idea of that.
I'm always having to, like, to prove it, right?
Prove where your diplomas are from, prove where you've graduated from.
So, how do you feel like all of this is going to tie around?
Do you feel like it would be relevant or useful anyhow in your regular life as a teacher?
Like, do you feel like it could be on the back end somewhere or useful?
Have you seen anywhere that, yeah, you could imagine using it?
Yeah.
I mean, like, you mentioned, like, you know, the DMV stuff.
And I remember, like, I think six months ago, like, that was announced, like, oh, they're exploring, utilizing that as part of the system.
But in terms of education, like, that's why I felt like, okay, if I have a pulse on this and I'm spending time here, sooner or later, I'm going to see the application part for implementation, you know?
And talking to people and spending, you know, research, seeing how it's being utilized.
Like, seeing Rax.
Shout out to Rax.
He was a guest last week.
He's implementing in real life, you know, creating IP, creating brand, creating this community where people come and recognize.
Like, that's one avenue.
Now, for me, like, I've started to explore a little bit where I've started a community club card that I have that uses the backends on Polygon.
But one of the local companies here privatized, they have, it's called D-Pass.
And so Valerie used it.
Shout out to Valerie V. Dizzle.
She used it for Comic-Con after party event.
It's like a ticketing system.
But you can also have a community club aspect to it.
And so I used that for some of my teachers in the field to try and start building the connections, to start building just the little, like, stepping stones, right?
And for me, I didn't even go into all the details.
Like, oh, here's this on blockchain.
Here's what it means to look at Ethereum.
And here's how you burn.
Like, I didn't go into all that.
I just showed them the community club card, which lives in the Apple wallet.
There's a token ID to it.
And I use that as something basic, just for, like, giveaways.
Like, I do Wheel of Names giveaways.
I film myself recording.
And I gave them merch from our department that we had from our budget.
And then I'll go out to the sites.
And I'll give them to the teachers.
And I'll take the picture with the teachers.
And I'll post it in the newsletter to create that community and camaraderie.
Like, I want to help build it in some way, shape, or form.
And obviously, it's not going to be perfect.
And it's going to take time.
But I think it's just still trying out to see what's going to work.
Because if you go too fast too soon, people are going to lose it, like, lose the focus.
Or it may be too overwhelming for them.
And they're like, you know what?
This is too much.
I don't even want to see that, you know?
But when you have all these talking points, you know, that you can say, oh, Starbucks is using it.
You bring in familiarity.
You bring in collectibles.
And then it builds, okay, there's some reputation there.
There's some, like, all right, well, they must be credible if they're using it.
So let me take another step in to the pond.
So that's kind of how I look at it, you know?
I don't think there's a perfect set blueprint yet.
But we're seeing different things come into play.
Whether that's the made by apes.
Whether that's vCon with vFriends.
Whether that's only force implementing IP into Fortnite.
Like, there's so many different avenues right now.
Like, I think it's still being kind of, like, deployed and implemented.
If that helps.
I don't know.
Yeah, that makes sense.
I mean, I guess there's so many different, like, avenues, like you said.
Different ways to experiment and use it.
Different programs or different things you can think about to incentivize people or verify things that they're doing.
So, yeah.
Same page.
Yeah, no, for sure.
And I appreciate that question.
Wanted to ask real quick to Ape Goat if he had a question for you.
Because I know your time is limited.
What's up, Ape Goat?
How are you doing tonight?
Yeah, I'm doing pretty good.
How are you?
I'm doing well.
Did you have a question?
Or did you want to comment to two cents on what we're discussing here?
Okay.
That's all right.
I mean, you can save him for the end.
That's fine.
All right.
Okay, moving along.
So, what about, I know you have, what about Lost?
Like, how did you come up with that?
Like, is that something you always wanted to have for your other handle?
Or why the Hodler Collective?
Like, how did that come to be?
How did you get the name, the handlers?
Yeah, that's a good segue.
That's a good segue for all the things that we're working on.
So, the Hodler Collective, the account, the name.
The reason I created this profile when I started doing, well, really, like, I guess, kind of focusing more on NFTs was because my skill set or my background is really marketing and sales.
So, I'm comfortable having face-to-face conversations with people.
I'm comfortable going around and talking to strangers.
I've unlearned that fear, right?
There are some things that need to be learned.
There are some things that need to be unlearned.
When you're a kid, you're taught don't talk to strangers.
Some people have good experiences.
Some people have bad experiences.
But you never really actually learn or are taught, you know, that it's okay to talk to strangers.
So, for me, that's not a problem, but not for everybody.
And in particular, people that are creatives or that are artists or that are coders or people that are developers, right?
They're not always comfortable going up on a stage or they're not always capable of going up on a stage and clearly presenting or talking about what it is that they built or something that they're good at.
And so, that was why I created the Hodler Collective was to have a platform for my friends that I brought into this ecosystem who were creatives, who were – I have all sorts of creative friends, people that do graffiti, people that are producers, people that are smart and can create contracts and they're developers.
So, I've brought them all into the ecosystem at one point or another.
And this was always my way to highlight them.
And then when I got Lost, that's always been my gaming name.
So, I've also spent a lot of time gaming.
I've got a crazy gaming background.
I've been on gaming teams with people that have spent ridiculous amounts of money, just burned and dumped ridiculous NFT, supersized NFT amounts of money in these video games that they'll never see again, never get again.
And the server goes off.
So, Lost was always part of my screen name.
And it was just like a natural carryover when I got the ape as part of my identity.
So, that's that.
And that's also why I've spent so much time at the DAO, right?
So, that's why we created Apecoms or that's why I've spent so much time personally in developing Apecoms along with the rest of the team there is to help to give the community a voice.
I know there are people in the ape community that want to have a voice that are interested in the DAO.
And I saw when the DAO dropped sort of what happened and people unable to have discussions with each other, just a lot of arguments, a lot of fragmentation about staking and special counsel and how do we vote and who gets how much allocation during staking, just so much fragmentation, right?
So, there were a bunch of us in the community that ended up sort of having alignment.
And through that, we created Apecoms.
We were always helping other people to figure out the process of how to submit a proposal or best practice of things that we had seen other people go through, things that seemed confusing that we had noticed through the time that we had spent there.
And that's really always been the brand.
And we got the corny acronym for Ape, so it's awareness, participation, and education.
And that's really what we focus on through Apecoms.
And then in particular for the election season, since we were the only group that had sort of established itself as a group in the DAO during the first elections, our group is the only group that has gone through every election cycle and done election coverage.
And, yeah, there's a lot of contributors in the community, and shout out to them 100%.
And, like, we couldn't do it without everybody, right?
Like, we are for sure not even a big enough voice even still.
But we were the only group that was ready to take on 30, 40 nominees during the first election and follow them through until it was just the final five candidates, at which point other people did start to kind of jump in and highlight those five people.
But I'm just saying that to say, like, it's not easy to keep up with what's going on here.
It's been a full-time job.
And even when it's a full-time job, it takes a lot of people.
Oh, I hear you 100%.
And shout out to you and everything you've been doing.
I didn't even know it was an acronym, to be honest with you.
I love that.
Awareness, participation, and education.
Was that your idea?
Yeah, I'm great with acronyms.
That's a freaking good acronym for that.
I didn't even know that that's what that was for.
But, yeah, that's great.
And to your point, it's such an important thing, right?
Like, I couldn't agree more.
Like, having that channel for awareness and for communicating is so freaking important.
And I think that a number of projects still need this.
And mind you, I've only been in this space since April of 2021.
But there are still NFT projects that need to have individuals that are able to carry out this mission.
And whatever avenue it is for you, maybe it's on Twitch, maybe it's on Spaces, maybe it's on YouTube, whatever it is, there has to be somewhere where people can go to to understand, to get information, to have awareness.
And, ideally, you would want the individual that's doing it to be pretty good at conveying the messaging, right?
Because even if there is a good idea that, let's say there's a project that they have, if nobody, A, knows about it, and then, B, doesn't understand it because it's not being communicated, it's not going to freaking matter, right?
So, like, such an incremental important point, like, what you're providing.
And, like, it's so, so necessary.
And I needed another round of applause for you.
Thank you, sir.
And because the space moves fast, like, it is hard to keep up with all this stuff.
And so it's not just going to be a one avenue, right?
It's going to be two, three avenues where, yeah, we need to redo this.
We need to reteach this.
We need to reemphasize this.
You know, people don't learn one time or from one posting in the Discord.
It needs to be said multiple times every day until it gets stuck in their brain and they're annoyed.
Then they remember it, right?
Whether or not they liked it or not.
But that will help them remember whatever the point or the cause is, right?
Yeah, I mean, I think what you said is important.
Like, it's not just knowing about something or hearing it from somebody, but it's somebody's ability to, like, to help you or to make you understand what they're doing.
And not everybody has that.
And if we're supposed to be, like, this DAO, this collectively responsible group, then, like, we can't let those people fall off.
Yeah.
I mean, there's still community run, right?
You still are – this is – you're volunteering your time doing these spaces that you do, right, on the comps?
Yeah, we don't – we're not compensated through APLUMS.
Okay.
So you and me are the same in that avenue where this is our time.
But it's our time because we care about it, right?
If you didn't care, you would have just left already, right?
But I think eventually at some point, like, somebody or someone, like, or an individual or group are going to be like, hey, you know what?
It's kind of an important avenue.
We probably should take care of our people before our people leave.
Or somebody snags them up, right?
Because eventually this space is going to grow more and more, right?
Eventually bigger name outside Web3 brands are going to come in and be like, hey, well, who can we go to?
And if you don't have a good reputation for these past two, three years, guess what?
I don't know if people are going to be pointing the direction, hey, go talk to Johnny Smith over here because he's a great communicator, a great reputation.
They're going to be like, all right, well, who's been burning bridges?
Who's been rugging people?
And who's been freaking cashing out and dumping their freaking tokens on people, you know?
So my point being is that reputation matters, right?
Who you are, the time that you put in, I think it's important.
And because if you think about it, like what would happen?
Like if Apescoms wasn't there, like where's the avenue going to be?
You still have to drive and mobilize people.
Mobilizing people is tough.
Sometimes people can't handle that avenue.
And it's like I thought about this too.
Like, well, what would happen if there was no New Tokyo local media?
What if there was no damn show?
What if there was no 10KTFM?
Like what happens to these NFT brands, right?
And I'm not saying that like in a negative connotation.
I'm just asking questions, you know?
These are just questions that I have for awareness and for people to think about.
So anyway, those are my like four cents right there.
I want to hear from Valerie.
I saw her.
She's throwing up emojis from the audience.
V-Dizzle.
V-Dizzle, everyone.
Yeah.
In the front row.
In the front row.
Go ahead.
Hey.
Yes.
Thank you, teacher.
No, I love the conversation you guys are having.
And it really, I think about this all the time.
Like I see, you know, Hodler leading these eight comms every day.
I mean, I don't know.
Is it every day?
It feels like every day to me.
And I don't always get to go in and listen.
But, you know, I try to as much as I can.
But just knowing that, like, I think you guys did submit an AIP, right?
Like to try to get paid for hosting the spaces.
But it's wild to me that, like, that still didn't discourage you.
And you're going still.
And so, yeah.
I just wanted to give you your roses, first of all.
But also, I had a question.
Like, what keeps you going to have that consistency to keep showing up for the community for yourself
without, you know, getting paid?
I know you're doing good for the community, for the brand, for ApeCoin and all that.
But, like, what keeps you going at the end of the day?
Yeah, I guess I like that question, too.
Because our brand, like this idea of ApeComs, was never for us.
Like, it was never to be, like, this ApeComs LLC or to be this ApeComs brand.
And that's why the branding is so good is because it was for the DAO.
Like, we built this for the DAO, for the community.
It was never for us.
And I guess that's why it's so easy is because I would be here anyway.
Like, I would be in barren space.
I would be, you know, buying art from Sarah.
I would be in this space.
I would be in nifty space.
I would be collecting whatever braze he's putting out.
Like, I would be here anyway.
So, for me to have, like, a way and for there to be, like, such a clear need for something that I'm good at to be open was always, like, kind of apparent or, like, a cool opportunity.
But our first proposals for ApeComs, everything that we do through ApeComs is what we expect through the ApeCoin Twitter account.
So, when you see we're doing stages for the AIP authors of the week, when we're talking to the special counsel, when we're opening up the stage for the community to come up and talk for two and a half hours or whatever, that's the content that we expect through the ApeCoin Twitter account.
And that's what our proposal always was.
And it wasn't just, oh, fund us to do stages.
It was fund the community, right?
Like, fund us to create this for the community so that we can grow out this communications, this ApeComs for the DAO.
And so that we'll have a platform and a way to not only do the things that you see in social media, but, like, PR, some sort of branding, right?
Like, we've been working on brand kits, even outside of the proposal.
Like, just so many things that go into marketing and communications, and we've gone full circle and we have a marketing and communications group.
But that's what makes it easy is we were going to be here anyway.
And the proposal that the DAO approved was for us to do what we're doing through the ApeCoin Twitter account.
So we will be able to bring the platform more to the community going forward.
Yeah, no, thank you for sharing that.
And I love that perspective that, you know, you're going to be here anyways doing what you're doing.
And so might as well, you know, do it for the whole community.
And I feel that way, too, you know, with everything that I run.
And I know Keegan, too, you know, like he mentioned, he doesn't get paid to do these 10KTF Teaching Tuesdays.
But we're going to be talking about it anyways.
Like, I don't know if you know, but Keegan and I are partners.
We live together and everything.
So all day, every day, we talk about NFTs on Web3.
So might as well live stream it, might as well host spaces, you know.
But I think Keegan also has a point, too.
Like, I think the community relies so much on these spaces that you host that, like, imagine.
Imagine you just stopped, you know, what would happen.
Who would take over if anyone?
And, you know, how would that look, you know, when if that ever comes to that, you know.
So, yeah, it's quite interesting, like, you play a very big, important part in all of it and running.
And I just think it's awesome what you're doing.
And, you know, I also am a big believer, though, an advocate of getting paid in Web3.
I know there hasn't been quite, you know, a blueprint for how that looks, right?
But, yeah, I think it's super important to start showing up and showing out for that,
to getting paid for doing those things.
Especially if, like, you've been hosting them for quite a while, some time.
And, you know, people start to get to know you and your reliance, you know.
People can rely on you and you're consistent.
Why not?
I think it's super important to pay the people that have these important roles in the ecosystem.
I appreciate it.
I appreciate the shout out.
I mean, somebody would be here in our absence or if we go away, there's plenty of other people.
But if you're thinking about it, it's a full-time job.
There's over 90 proposals in process.
So you've got to take care of everybody.
They're going to want their time in the spotlight at some point.
So it's a full-time job.
No, for sure.
And, you know, like I said, I appreciate everything you've been doing.
And I know you've got to hop off here in a few minutes.
Top Shot, what's up, friend?
Did you want to ask any questions real quick or are you just coming to hang for a little bit?
No, I was just coming to say hi.
I actually ran for the ApeCoin Metaverse Working Group and I lost in the very first round.
But I just wanted to thank everyone who, you know, supported and just believed that I could be a good candidate, honestly.
And I hear you guys talking about ApeCoin.
So I just felt like saying what's up.
Okay.
Nice.
No, thanks for stopping in and, yeah, doing that two cents.
And, yeah, yeah, the Hodler, man, I appreciate you.
And, yeah, I know that you've been putting a lot of hours.
I feel like your ground game would be strong in person.
Like when you said that, too, like that stuff matters.
Like that's what I said.
Like if you're talking in person, like you said, I'm not afraid to talk in person.
Like I don't care.
Like I feel like that's an important piece that that is needed, like for projects, for the DAOs in general.
Like they need to have that part.
You know, at some point, like in order to take it to a certain level, you're going to have to have individuals that cannot be full A-non if you're really, you know, trying to build bridges, you know, at least for now.
But, yeah, like and you said gaming, too.
If you want to stop in, Fortnite tournament event, OniForce is hosting on Saturday.
Did you hear about it?
Did you see it?
Did you get the word on that or no?
I didn't know.
And I'm honestly, I'm like so buried right now in coordinating things and trying to take a breath on the side when I can.
If I can, I will.
But I'm going to be honest, I probably can't.
No worries.
No worries at all.
Just want to make sure you had the two cents on it.
And then I'll probably jump into that after for more news highlights once we get more time here.
So, yeah.
I love it.
I appreciate you having me up here.
And, I mean, you nailed it, right?
Your identity is important.
I know sometimes people look at the DAO and they think, you know, I can't vote or my voice doesn't count or, you know, if I vote or participate, it doesn't matter.
But nobody really knows how many tokens I have.
There's not a lot of people that are paying attention to how many tokens I vote with or, you know, I co-host with SSP.
If you pay attention to AFCOMs at all, absolutely nobody knows how many tokens he votes with.
But here we are representing the DAO.
And when we say something or if we raise an alarm, if we were to flag something, we don't and we haven't yet.
But if something were to come up that needed, you know, like a serious red flag, people are going to listen.
People are going to pay attention, right?
It doesn't necessarily matter how many tokens you have.
If people know that you care and you're invested in the ecosystem, you can definitely participate and contribute and be a part of what's going on at the DAO.
Yeah, for sure.
And, yeah.
No, I appreciate you.
And, you know, thank you so much for spending some time.
I know your space is about to start, so I don't want to keep you because I think it's important.
Go check out the AFCOM spaces.
It's about to start up.
If you're tired and bored of me from teaching Tuesdays, you can see.
Are you having candidates on there, too, or is it just overall discussion?
Yeah, I better jump and run over there right now.
We invited them.
Some of them are going to kind of get calm, and some of them are sleepy, a little tired, fatigued, but, yeah, we're going to go do that right now.
All right, Top Shot, do you need to ask him about that?
No, no, I actually had a question for you guys.
I see – I know you mentioned the Oni Force, and I know that I see Valerie has Beeple in her name.
So am I going to meet you guys this weekend, or what's going on there?
Let's go!
Well, hold on.
Oh, you've hopped off already.
All right, damn.
All right, Hodler, everybody.
Thanks for coming in.
All right, appreciate you.
All right.
And then we'll get to all the other goodies here.
I actually forgot to take attendance in the beginning, so dang, that was the first in a while.
So thank you for being here, guys.
10KTF Teaching Tuesday, Catastrophe, Ape Goat, Raylene, Token Talk, Teaching Tuesdays.
Ian, thank you for stopping in.
San Diego NFT friends, Apes Combs, hanging out.
Jake, thanks for being here.
The Stoop, thanks for stopping in.
Nifty Q, appreciate you.
John Carl, thanks for stopping in.
Sarah, good to see you again.
Barron, always holding it down.
Thank you for stopping in.
I'm not wrapping up.
And Valerie B.
Dizzle and Top Shot and myself.
I just wanted to take attendance because I feel like I forgot to do that in the beginning,
which is the first part in general.
But a little switch up because I haven't had someone on a tight schedule like that, but I wanted to make sure I kind of like keep to it.
So anyway, back to the conversation.
And then, yeah, I do have a few more little news pieces.
And we've got to get into some 10KTF here, too, as well.
Yeah.
B. Dizzle, I think you had a question.
No, I didn't have a question.
I was saying, let's go.
Oh, I'm excited.
I'm excited for Saturday.
Beeple's, yeah, crypto winter wonderland.
And so, yeah, I guess to answer Top Shot, yeah, I am going to go.
Keegan and I, finally, I've been bugging Keegan for over a month.
Like, are we going?
Are we going?
Are we going?
And we finally pulled the trigger on some flights and hotels.
He took Friday off.
So we'll be flying on Friday.
I arrive late in the evening, I think around 10, 1030.
And then pray to God that I have good Wi-Fi so I can stream the OniForce Fortnite game,
like, around 3 p.m.
And hopefully meet everyone from 10KTF and the Grails community for dinner.
And then, yeah, we'll head over to the party, I assume, together.
So, yeah, I'll be meeting you, Top Shot.
You're going?
Yeah, I have, like, a short bus full of people going.
So it's just trying to see who's all going so I can, you know, make sure I'd like to show people to show love to
and just to say hi that I've never met in real life before yet.
I'm excited.
I am.
I got to give a shout-out to Raybo3Ks down there.
My mother, she actually found the deal on flights on Southwest.
So if you're trying to fly out from L.A. or Long Beach, they have cheaper flights on Southwest for right now,
relatively speaking, of course, if you're trying to go still or if you have tickets and you're on the fence.
But, yeah, I didn't know.
But you've actually been to the event before, right, Top Shot?
You've been once or twice?
I've been three times.
But I've been every time there's been an NFT drop, so.
And you actually won.
You actually got one or two of them, right?
You have the video where you were passing off, like, the actual ones that fell from the roof, right?
Yeah, so I actually got five total, but I only have three left.
But they were the actual winning ones, the winning NFTs?
No, not in that video.
That video was just the Paper Punk physical airdrop.
There was no NFTs that released at that event.
I guess I was just trying to have my wife show, like, what this process looks like and how kind of not easy it is,
but with a little precision and patience, like, you can accumulate a good amount of these.
Mm-hmm.
Damn.
And you sold some of those, too?
People bought them?
Yeah, I sold, like, three at, like, $3.50 apiece.
What?
Two were signed by Beeple.
One was signed by the CryptoPunks CEO.
Damn.
Look at that ground game.
Strong.
I think Baron, you also went, too, right?
Like, you just hopped out.
But I think he won as well, so.
Before, he won.
Not one.
I know a couple people in the communities here that we follow were able to get the printed out copy from people.
So, yeah.
Oh, I don't know if Baron was there.
If he was, I'm kind of upset I missed him, honestly.
One of them.
I don't know.
Because he's had two or three events already so far, right?
He's had five total.
Damn.
V-Dizzle, what do you think?
No, I'm kind of curious what you mean more about the precision and timing.
And I'm assuming that's when there's the drop of the physical prints, right?
Because I saw someone in our group chat.
I don't know if you're in that top shot, but maybe we should add you if you're not yet.
But it's all of the 10KTF grilled.
I think there's, like, maybe 12, 10 of us in a Twitter DM.
And someone was like, yo, I'm going to give these out when I see you guys.
And it's one of those sticky hands.
You know how, like, when you're a kid, you go through the quarter machine and you can get those sticky hands?
So, they're going to give them out to the 10KTF people to try to get those prints.
Yeah, that's going to be funny.
I think a lot of the 10KTF people will be able to get a lot of these prints because 10KTF knows how to work together.
And I think that's a really valuable skill when it comes to this physical airdrop.
So, it would be cool to see how it works.
Yeah, so, for context, for anybody that's wondering, well, what the freak are they talking about?
So, there's a Beeple event in South Carolina.
And he does, he actually draws it right there.
In my understanding, right, Top Shot, he draws in every day, which is his art.
And then it prints out from these printers that are in the roof.
And then there's a certain amount of copies that fall out.
And you can actually collect them.
And my understanding is that there were some that are, like, a special version of the print where you can actually go claim a Beeple NFT.
So, that's kind of, like, what I've heard has happened at some of the events.
But I guess not every event where there is actually an NFT.
But there's actually, the prints actually come down from the roof in the printer.
Is that a fair description, Top Shot?
So, yeah, I think you're pretty spot on.
But that was only the first event.
The second event had nothing to do with papers falling and claiming NFTs.
The second event was just a QR code that was on a digital screen.
All you had to do was scan it, put your email in, and the NFT was delivered to you.
Wait, what?
So, everyone who scanned the QR code then was guaranteed one of the NFTs?
Exactly.
Yes.
For the second.
Wow.
Not the first one.
The first one was the physical papers falling.
And then you had to wait outside in a line.
And Beeple's dad actually confirmed if you won or not.
Dang.
That's pretty sick.
So, I'm wondering if it's going to be probably different this time.
Like, always doing different experiences.
But it's actually, like, I was thinking about this.
Like, maybe there won't be as many people going because it's in the holidays.
So, like, okay, maybe there's going to be less people.
So, maybe it'll be, like, more easier opportunities.
I don't know.
If there's a competition, I don't know.
I'm just saying.
I think the opposite, honestly.
You think so?
You think there's going to be more people?
Yeah, because I think if you didn't go to the first event, the second event, and you know that, or if you're aware that NFTs are coming out in this event, I think people are doubling down.
And then nothing kind of crazy happened during Art Basel, like any NFT collections other than Jack Butcher.
So, like, I feel like this is that thing people have been waiting for for December.
Just my opinion.
Okay.
Okay.
Oh, so you actually went to Art Basel?
No, no.
I actually missed this year.
I've been going for the past eight years, and I just didn't go this year.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
Dang.
All right.
I've got to say, I agree with Top Shot.
I feel like, you know, if you've kind of seen the pattern, what, you know, Beeple's been doing, and I feel like, you know, hopefully we'll see.
But, you know, it's the giving time, it's the holidays, it's Christmas, and I know, I was telling you, Keegan, it's Jen's birthday.
I don't know who Jen is.
I'm assuming she's one of the crypto punks.
But on the, on his flyer, it was like, yeah, this is basically Jen's birthday party, too.
So, I just feel like there's going to be a lot of gifts just going around and good vibes and closing out the year with a bang, right?
And it's Beeple.
It's always unexpected.
You don't know always what to expect from him.
So, I just think we're in for a fun surprise.
Yeah.
I'm all about it.
I mean, I think it'll be cool.
Something different.
So, curious to see how it plays out.
But I think it should be fun.
So, all right.
Let's continue to hit this agenda here.
Let's see.
So, yeah.
I guess maybe we should kind of, like, just put out there the, let's cover some of the bases here.
I guess I'll just go over the Oniforce stuff for anybody that wants to get the details on it.
Since I only did one news article, if you will, which covered the Pudgy Penguins.
But, yeah.
I'll post up this other for the Oniforce.
So, the event is on Saturday.
And this is the sign-up up above.
If you're wanting to play the Fortnite event, it's on the Oniforce map.
So, Oniforce has its own map in Fortnite.
And finally getting a little more traction.
Got my brother to sign up finally.
But that's what I meant.
Because he was very reluctant to play Fortnite.
But he's very much into gaming.
So, you can win prizes.
Because everybody that participates gets a free shrapnel NFT.
Which is a new, like, first-person shooter, like, Web3 game that's about to come out next year.
And I have the white paper that I printed out.
And it's actually pretty cool in terms of how it's going to look.
And so, let me post up the sponsors that are going to be a part of that.
And then today they announced the Founders Cup.
Which is basically, like, all the founders from different NFT projects that are going to actually play in one of the tournaments that they're going to have.
So, there's the sponsors.
Valerie, do you know the sponsors?
Do you want to read over the sponsors?
Or should I?
I mean, I don't have the tweet right in front of me.
I mean, I helped bring in one of the sponsors.
But if you want to read them off, go for it.
Okay, so, we are thrilled to announce Play Shrapnel as our Web3 Strikes Back Fortnite event title sponsor.
Sign up for a guaranteed free NFT light packs.
Discover more about Shrapnel and other sponsors in our Medium article.
So, that's the article pinned up above.
And it's a thread.
And so, other sponsors include Project Kaizen.
Express your digital identity with Kaizen avatar creator in a 3D game world.
Evolve through challenges for real-life wins.
Explore travel swap.
Book hotels and vacation rentals with cryptocurrencies.
Travel with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more.
Pretty sure they had a presence in Miami for Art Basel since I saw some posted tweets about it, which was some positive feedback.
Discover the Mechaverse.
8,888 generative mechas inspired by anime.
Choose your faction and conquer.
I think those of us that were here during 2021 remember that name.
Boring security.
Boring SecDAO, Web3 NFT security education and scam hack trend tracking.
Check out Neon's custom Neon signs.
Quality personalized designs for the Web3 community.
So, they're also one of the sponsors.
And so, again, this is for the Saturday Fortnite event.
And it's free to participate if you want to play.
Introducing the Swoop, your source for Web3 news and crypto, gaming, sports, and entertainment.
Meet FlyVision Media, a German multimedia studio collaborating globally, creating immersive experiences.
And discover X meta avatars.
Design unique avatars with global digital assets.
Own your avatar across virtual worlds.
So, those are all the sponsors.
Shout out to all the sponsors.
And then today, which I thought, and I didn't even know.
This just came out of left field for me.
I was just at work.
I was like, oh, damn.
Today, they announced all of the individuals that are going to participate in the Founders Cup.
So, what's the Founders Cup, Keegan?
And so, all the founders from different projects, Web3 NFT space that wanted to be a part of this, are going to play against each other.
Kind of like the Rec League when they had it.
Like, I don't know if you guys remember the Rec League that they had.
And so, it was like Frank from Degaz.
It was Star Lordy from Owning Force.
Sappy Seals, CEO, I think, was playing.
Other individuals in the space that have a presence.
And so, I'll just read off.
But it's pinned up above if you want to follow along and read your own.
But these are the Founders Cup competitors.
So, ex-CFO of Binance and leading OFR fund with acquisition of Oniforce and investment in Pudgy Penguins in 2024.
The DAO of Way has made a splash, a proponent of Web3.
So, for anybody that knows Way, he's going to be one of the participants in the tournament.
And then, the coolest cat around.
Cloncast is a legend in the space.
As an artist and founder, he has worked tirelessly to bring positivity and Q Blue.
With style and grace to the masses, recently featured at Macy's Parade.
And he's leading the cool cats to greatness.
So, Clon is going to play.
So, pretty legit.
Pretty legitimate.
Founder of Quest Nutrition and one of the most uplifting, informative media companies in the world with Impact Theory.
Our resident only Kai, Tom Billy, who works tirelessly to push the space forward through storytelling and gaming with Project Kaizen and Merry Mods.
He's going to be playing.
CEO of Dust Labs, the Web3 company behind D-Gods and Utes NFT.
Kevin from D-Gods brings to the space a wealth of knowledge and experience as a builder while keeping the vibe going for the space.
And then, I don't know, Valerie, if you saw this, but this would be good footage here, I think.
A GP at GameFun Partners and founder of Real Third Web, at Real Jonah Blake brings high energy and humor with an abundance of realness and is a leading voice of the Web3 gaming industry and beyond.
He's currently building like a bad man.
Stay tuned.
So, he's going to be playing.
CEO of Ninja Alerts, host of The Ordinal Show, and an investor in 50-plus Bitcoin startups, as well as GP Bit Frontier Fund.
At T.O. is a fierce advocate and pioneering in the Bitcoin ordinal space.
He also loves pizza.
And Sleepy co-founder, Sanfront Tokyo, at Webox official, SFT Studios.
Cat Dad and brilliant developer, not Yeung, has his finger on the trigger and ready to show off his first-person shooter skills.
So, those are all the individuals that are going to be participating in that.
And then, oh, we actually have the Legends Cup, too.
Damn, I didn't even see this tweet.
Oh, damn, what?
So, those are all the founders from the NFT projects.
Any questions?
Valerie, any questions?
You're asking me if I have questions?
All right, I'll continue.
So, the Legends Cup.
And so, this is kind of the – I didn't even know this was, like, how it was being structured.
So, I'm only in here part-time on Web3.
I'm not full-time like some people.
Get ready for the Web3 Strikes Back Legends Cup.
We're extremely proud to host legends from many communities and honor them with our contributors to Web3 and their own communities.
Tag a legend you demand to be invited to the Legends of Cup December 16th with Team Juju.
Meet SGS and One, the monkey with laser eyes who loves magic internet JPEGs, and boy, does he have a lot of JPEGs.
Founder of Ventures, Spencer, and partner at Lofty Ventures.
Uncorking the world of NFTs with our resident super degen with a heart of gold, Wizards of Soho.
Former Wall Street macro trader turned lover of wine, goth girls, and trolly haters with oddest army.
Horns up for Crypto Von Doom, co-founder of Command Line, The Drop NFT, Loveless City, and Web3 Expo.
This horned monkey loves the thrill of 100 coins and is at the forefront of premium UEFN experiences.
Famous on the courts for his all-star play and thunder-dunking highlights, and off the courts for his never-ending entrepreneur growth,
Baron Davis joins us as an NBA and Web3 legend who has invested greatly in the space.
Wagging tails and swagging Hawaiian shirts, that's Easy Eat Bodega, partnered with Nifty Portal and the dog behind Podago's NFT.
Unlocking the power of the side-eyed and yellow hair, it's William Tong, chief strategy officer for OniForce,
an advisor for Origin Protocol and McLaren Auto.
He's a smooth operator with an infinite for hoops.
A real-life girl who likes playing video games and building Legos while adding an important voice to the space,
Twimble brings her unique set of skills to Fortnite, which she streams exclusively on X.
Hopping into the vibes of Web3 with the bunny official, a red monkey with passion for rabbit cosplay who likes tweeting,
the vibes of the Web3 for an all-time high right now.
Musician, hacker punk with pipe using tech to build eco-verse, the digital experiences,
Plasterdamus needs no introduction.
Meet Degentraland, the cerebral coffee addict tweeting the bull market is back,
and that first head of advisory for HLVXYZ.
This crypto enthusiast keeps the market buzz alive.
And I think that's Degenerate, oh, a couple more.
Damn, these guys are all playing?
I didn't even know this part.
Degenerate meme god and absolute legend from the garden.
Mike Me Up P graces the enclave with a spirited presence.
Crypto and NFT parody, Web3 visual storyteller and cinematographer with Zodac Marketing.
It's Memes and Doge is changing lives on meme one at a time.
Meet Jampers, the zombie monkey with a passion for Web3 who likes to never tweet financial advice.
Founder of OCB Alpha, providing Web3 consulting for FlareLabs.io.
And then representing KM4-1 with the Wizards of Soho.
Say hello to Dr. JDD, BigBrainX McKenzie and Web3 strategy operations advisor.
Damn him too.
Gaming, sports, and gambling, Hydra420.
Does it all founder of OCB Alpha and FlareLabs.
This monkey dude in his cool spaces has a flair for calling shots.
Dang, how many more are there?
Okay, last.
Two more.
Strumming the chords of investment and innovation meet House of Yogi X.
Long-haired dude with golden guitars that loves tea and donuts.
Thriving as an investor builder and dabble of coins.
Official media partner Edge of NFT brings us the latest and greatest in Web3.
Get the hot takes like hotcakes with us this Saturday.
Okay, so round of applause for them too.
All right, so Legends in the Cup and then also NFT Founders and then there's a separate community one.
Dang, what do you think, Valerie?
Is there going to be a lot of people showing up for this or what?
Yeah, there is.
We have a whole program.
So there's a schedule.
So if you want to warm up, if you're planning to come participate, all levels of gaming experience are welcomed.
Whether it's your first time or you've been playing for years on Fortnite, all is welcomed.
And I highly recommend joining and participating because you get the free Shrapnel NFT.
You get some Oni points and Oni points are open to everyone.
Whether or not you hold an Oni Force PFP, you do not have to hold one.
And these points will get you giveaways, entered into raffles and stuff with like our current partners and future partners.
But there is going to be like a check-in and warm-ups like around 2 p.m. Eastern.
And then there's also going to be like a broadcast and something called Get Smoked Challenges, which I'm not sure what that entirely is about.
But I guess we'll find out when we get there.
And then there's going to be community games.
And then at 4 o'clock is when Juju comes.
And there's going to be a VIP session with him right in the Oni Force Discord in the Demon's Kiss voice channel.
And then 4.15 is when the Founders Cup tournament starts.
There's two rounds of that.
4.45 p.m. is when the Legends Cup starts.
And there's three rounds.
That's Eastern.
Yeah, Eastern.
Yep, Eastern.
Legends Cup is two rounds.
5.15 is the Community Clash.
And that's where, let me see, where's my notes?
Community Clash is where like we get to play with Juju.
So for 5.15, 5.15, there's going to be four rounds of that.
And what I think is really cool too is they're adding kids as well.
So at 6.15, there's going to be three rounds for all the kids to come together.
So if you have kids, nieces, nephews, invite them out.
And they can come and play too.
And then we'll wrap it up between 6.45 and 7 and we'll close it out.
But yeah, we have a whole schedule of what's going to be happening.
And it's super exciting to play with Juju.
I'm curious to see how good he is.
So apparently he has his eSports team.
So yeah, I'm excited.
For those that don't know, those that don't know or just came in late, shout out to Brandon and Guchita.
Appreciate you guys.
Who's Juju?
For those that may not know.
Juju Smith-Schuster is a super NFL Super Bowl champion.
And he's also one of the top wide receivers.
He also put up a lot of points for me one year during my fantasy football team.
So yeah, I love that guy.
A huge fan.
Yeah, so he might have a few followers on social media.
Just saying.
So I don't know.
Maybe there might be some traction.
I don't know.
Maybe not.
Well, I guess we'll see, right?
Just kidding.
Of course there's going to be.
Especially with, that's why I say, like, I didn't even know all those founders were, like, I didn't know Klon.
I didn't know Jonah was going to be part of it until they put that tweet.
So I think there's going to be some traction on Saturday once this thing hits and people are going to be like, oh, damn, we should have jumped into this Fortnite game tournament, you know?
Which is why I've been trying to search for a decently priced laptop.
So I don't know.
I guess we'll see, right?
Yeah, I think it's going to be a good time.
And if you're looking to figure out how can you play if you've never played before, you can play Fortnite on a PC, PlayStation, Xbox, on a Nintendo Switch, and Amazon Luna.
If you don't know what Amazon Luna is, if you have Amazon Prime, you do have access, apparently, through that called Amazon Luna, which I think is their Amazon Gaming, is what I've heard.
I did a little bit of research with Creatress earlier today on our show, and that's what we discovered.
So, yeah, if you want to participate, you will have to add our island code.
And so I do recommend, you know, if you don't remember all of this on the spaces, definitely get in the Oniforce Discord.
And you can find that on their Twitter page, their Discord and everything.
But you will have to add their island code.
So when you go on Fortnite, on the bottom right, there's an opportunity where you can, like, put someone's code, and that's where you would put this in.
And the code is 1-1-2-7-9-3-5-2-6-1-6-2.
So you can listen back to the recording, get that code, and or follow the Oniforce page and get in the Discord.
Or you can just DM me if you need all this information again.
I know everybody wrote that down.
I know you all got it.
I know Brandon got it.
I know Raybo got it.
Don't worry.
They're going to be there.
But I posted up the link, though.
If you do, if you guys seriously do want to play, I posted up the link.
It's the far left tweet up in the mini mainframe and sign up.
And all the info is there, too.
The landing page is there.
I think it'll be cool.
I think it'll be cool.
I think people are going to stream.
I think people are going to talk crap.
I think people are going to post up who beat who, from what NFT project to what NFT project.
I'm really curious to see how it plays out.
We've gotten feedback, though, that we need to tone down the talking crap.
So don't worry.
This is friendly.
So there probably will be some smack talking.
Just not as much as there have been in a couple of tournaments that we've already had.
So we got some feedback.
So, yeah.
You bet you this is going to be a fun event.
And then if I can, Keegan, I actually want to share this because I'm super proud that my community that I founded, San Diego NFT Friends, is an official partner.
If you didn't know, I also lead the OniWorld program, which is a program that helps empower communities around the world who are Oni holders.
And so San Diego NFT Friends is actually the blueprint of how to start a meetup, how to get people engaged, how do you have retention, how do you even begin?
And so I started this community back in May of 2021.
And so OniForce recognized that and asked me to lead the program.
So, yeah, we are official partner.
And so if you do sign up to play for the tweet that Keegan pinned up top, if you use that link and then you mention that San Diego and two friends referred you, you do get the Shrapnel NFT.
So that'd be a big help if you want to support me, support my community.
But either way, this is a huge win for Web3, I think, overall, just to have, like, IP, NFT, IP branding in the Web2 ecosystem.
So I think it's a nice start to get other people interested and, yeah, just to get people talking and curious about, like, what is Oni?
What is this anime? Because I've never seen this anime show before.
And so it gets them to start asking us the questions and we can start sharing with them, you know, what, you know, OniForce is, what is Web3?
What is blockchain? And maybe they might be interested.
You never know.
But either way, the map is super cool.
And if you can come play, yeah, play.
All right.
So, yeah, Saturday, check it out.
Link's up above.
SDNFT Friends, official partner.
No big deal.
It's no big deal.
It's just whatever.
It's whatever.
Yeah, right.
Ground game.
Ground game.
It's the biggest partnership I've had, we've had so far.
So, I'm super proud of, like, what myself and my community has been able to accomplish this year.
Shout out to you.
Shout out to holding it down.
And, yeah, we're going to have to have you be the guest for the whole time and cover all the bases here.
Dude, you've been saying that for the past three shows now.
We've got to have you as a guest.
I'm here.
I live right next to you.
I live in the same household as you.
So, you know, you could just have me as your guest.
But no, no, no.
You've got to, you know, have Hodler Collective and all the other guests you've had before me.
I get it.
Save the best for last.
We just want everything to be underrated so that they think that it's no big deal.
Then all of a sudden, boom.
Only four is going to be through the roof.
People go, oh, I remember.
I remember that.
Anyway.
I see Teresa laughing down there.
She knows what's up.
She's been one of the OG friends in the Web3 space with me.
And she knows my journey.
And I know she knows I'm not to be taken lightly.
So, I know she's laughing with me.
I'm not taking it lightly either.
So, trust me.
I've seen and I've heard.
So, all about it.
Okay.
All right.
Well, what's next?
What's next on the agenda now that we've covered the Fortnite stuff?
Well, let's try and get into some 10KTF here.
I mean, this is 10KTF Teaching Tuesday.
This is a community-run space.
No sponsorship here.
No funds my way.
But uplifting the project, uplifting those that are here and the space as a whole because I think it's important for awareness because people are going to look back like, damn.
I remember when they were just doing those spaces.
NFTs are like a big freaking deal now.
But, yeah.
So, let's look at 10KTF stuff here.
I'm going to post up the most recent tweet.
This is from last week.
Actually, there's an interesting point that I want to bring up here.
And I don't know.
Maybe we can discuss it.
Maybe we can get your thoughts on it.
Anybody who follows the project, I know there's some individuals in the spaces.
So, that's a tweet up above that was on Thursday.
So, every Thursday, there's a storyline that comes out.
Well, generally speaking, as of late, it's been a little speed bumps here with the transition of some team members that had to leave, unfortunately.
So, we're all frustrated about that.
However, there's still the presence.
We still have some stuff brewing, I feel like.
So, pinned up above is the short video of Wagmi-san and his Thor.
And it goes from, like, 2D into, like, 3D.
And, you know, the thing that I noticed about this.
And at first, I thought it was just the same video.
I was like, oh, this is just the same video from a long time ago.
They're just reposting it.
But then, I did see, like, oh, this is actually, like, a 3D version.
And then, on top of it, if you watch it, it goes through, you know, different, like, little angles of the store.
And I think this is the first time that I've noticed where they incorporated a new thing.
And what I mean by that is that, like, an outside brand project from in real life and then into the actual background of the story.
So, what I mean by that is they incorporated the 288, which is Bad Teeth's company, his brand, his NFT project, his alcohol storyline that he's building.
And so, it's actually on the shelf.
And I actually tweeted it on Thursday.
I don't know if people saw it.
But it's actually on the shelf in the back of the store of Wagmi-san's shop.
So, taking the in real life project from Bad Teeth, 288 Gang, incorporating that now into the story, into the shop.
So, what are your thoughts on that, B-Dizzle?
What do you think?
Sorry, I'm texting someone.
What was the question?
So, Bad Teeth's project, 288, was actually in this video.
So, basically, they took an outside project, like a 288 NFT project, physical item, alcohol, and now it's on the back of the store shelf in Wagmi-san's shop.
Yeah, no, I did notice that.
And congrats to Guchita.
I've been seeing him, you know, get out there with the 288.
I love it.
Don't get them confused.
Guchita's house of OG.
And the Bad Teeth.
You know what?
I do always get them confused, to be honest, for whatever reason, because they're both, like, OGs.
And usually, the times I feel like I have seen Guchita, I see Bad Teeth in person.
Like, when I see them at IRL events.
I don't know.
Like, I'm thinking of the other block.
Is it the other block?
No, no, no, no.
During NFTLA, when there was an event.
I saw both of them, I think, in the same place.
I don't know.
I'm getting mixed up.
My memories, I don't know.
Anyways.
Okay, he's giving me the 100.
No, yeah.
Shout out to Bad Teeth.
I think that's super cool.
I know he just joined the team this year.
And so, I did notice the week before, when they were all in the, it looked like they were, like, waiting.
They were kind of bored or something.
They were all smoking, and they were in that room.
I did see the 2888 there.
And then it's nice that it's popped up again.
So, yeah.
I'm kind of curious.
You know, is that just to, you know, highlight the brand?
Or maybe there's something more.
I don't know.
So, I'm just kind of curious going with it.
And, yeah.
I just love that they're giving some support there.
Yeah.
I think, I mean, me personally, I think it's something more.
I think it's just to get conceptually the idea of an outside in real life brand into the storyline of this.
And I was looking back, and I thought, like, well, maybe they incorporated, like, Maggie's project, you know, the Book of Reverie.
But, no.
Like, hers was always hers.
But I feel like this is the first time where we see this crossover of physical item, and now it's in this storyline.
Technically not, because you have the Gucci brand crossover.
You know, that's an IRL brand, and, you know, you brought it into, they brought it into the storyline.
But I think from someone within the community who is not as quite big as Gucci, maybe not yet, right?
Right.
Yeah.
That's what I meant.
Okay, yeah.
That's what I meant.
I mean, more on a different scale.
Like, because, yeah, obviously there was Gucci and there was Puma that were incorporated.
But I felt like this is a different layer into the mix.
So, yeah.
I mean, I figure maybe that's a perk, right, of being able to work on the team, and you have your own product.
Like, that's a perk.
Like, all right, I get to include my brand in here and get some exposure, and it's a little fun thing.
But, I mean, if it becomes something more, cool.
I just would have no inkling of what that could be.
Yeah.
Yeah, I guess we'll have to wait and see.
I mean, do you have an inkling of what you think that could be?
Because you just said, like, I feel like this is something more.
I feel like this is something more.
So, what do you think that more is?
I think that this is where they're going to try and bridge more physical to digital crossover connections.
I think this is the start of more of that.
Like, I felt like Gucci was one, Puma was one, but now this is like, okay, this is more of an individual project.
This was his project that he started, and now it's in this storyline, and it's being highlighted like that.
Like, so, I don't know if that's, like, how this is going to play out with everything down the line with, like, other side, with Agora, with, like, marketplaces.
I'm just curious how that's going to play out.
And maybe we'll see, like, once these PFPs come out, once all these bounties are done.
Like, and I was telling you this yesterday.
I was like, well, how is the popcorn even going to trade?
Is it going to be trading just straight up, or what are you going to pay to trade it?
Is it going to be on ETH?
Is it going to be on the new Magic Eden platform, which is partnered with Portal, of all things, which I found out today.
There was a tweet.
Did you see that or no?
Yeah, I saw it.
So, I have all these questions and wonderings, like, how is this going to tie in, and how is it going to play out?
And I don't feel like, again, when 10KTF is on, like, I don't feel like there's any, like, coincidences.
It's very mindful, and it's very intentional, and it's very thought out.
I feel like this is one of those things where this could be, like, a hint at, like, things to come, you know?
I mean, I like the hopium, but I personally feel like it's just, you know, it's a perk of being able to work, be part of the official team.
You know, if I had a product, I'd probably be asking, like, yo, Cro-Magnus, or whoever did the art, right?
Like, hey, can you sneak in my product in there?
Just, like, put it in there, you know?
Why not?
That's not where I stand, but I appreciate the hopium.
Well, what if it changed?
What if we see House of OG all of a sudden?
Maybe there's, like, a little side rack of clothes right there, House of OG, that's in the shop.
That's not out of the question.
I hope so.
No, that isn't out of the question.
And, Guchita, if you want to come up here and drop some alpha, if that's what's happening, you know, feel free.
And I hope that would lead to that, right?
Because also, like you mentioned, you know, Maggie, right?
Like, she has her products that she's released with the Book of Reverie, which I think is badass and super fun.
Like, she did the purses.
And, you know, she now has, like, that big bear that I think is just, like, beautifully done, especially the packaging and stuff.
Like, I don't know, maybe if you want to pin it up for people who are curious of, like, what we're talking about.
But, yeah, I think if they could start incorporating some of the community's products and brands within that, like, I think that'd be a huge plus.
And it'd get everyone excited and, you know, feel more tied even more, you know, to the project.
Yeah, I'll post it up right now.
I'll post that Maggie's thing that she did.
And, yeah, she created this bear thing.
And I didn't get it.
I don't need another bear.
But, yeah, she has an amazing skill set of art and creativity and the digital to physical connection, which I've always felt is an amazing piece of this project.
And, you know, I think that more of that is it needs to happen with other projects.
And I think it's very meaningful, you know.
Like, mind you, yeah, we got a hoodie.
And, yeah, there was a Kagami.
I would like to get the Slipstream shoes, the Puma shoes, sooner or later.
You know, it's supposed to be winter is what I was told today in the Discord.
And so winter is a little bit of a bigger window.
And I know that the Gucci bag and Gucci wallets are supposed to be in the beginning of the new year as well.
I mean, those are pretty big steps, right?
Like, you know, I know we saw, like, Nike did Artifact and all those shoes that came out recently.
I think having those things is really cool to have and show off and actually talking points, you know, when you're out with friends, when you're out somewhere.
It's a simple, like, touch point for people to, like, be introduced to, like, oh, yeah, this was, like, part of an NFT project.
And, yeah, this is a physical item that's connected to that.
So then you start building those bridges.
You start building those learning bridges of exposure.
And, again, it's just, like, one step at a time.
And then before you know it, you're, like, fully immersed in the whole space, spending day in and day out in Twitter spaces and Discord and reading articles and all that.
So, anyway, 10KTF Teaching Tuesdays.
Yeah, I guess let's just touch on the bounties and then I think we'll start wrapping up unless there's other questions or if anybody wants to come up and give two cents or ask questions or wonderings.
We had the Hottler Collective earlier and I know he had to leave and jump and start his own spaces because there's eight point, eight Dow elections happening right now for people that are following all that.
So, yeah, for new terms in that.
So, let me go ahead and pin up the other thing real quick.
I do want to touch on real quick what you said about popcorn.
Like, what is, how are we going to trade popcorn?
And I'm back at the Battle.Town website.
And just to remind people what it says on there, it says popcorn will be an off-chain reward at first.
So, that's what we've been experiencing as we've been doing all the bounties and earning our popcorn when we complete the bounties.
And then it says, but towards the end of Battle.Town Season 2, participants will be able to trade popcorn for a limited time.
So, they're a little behind on the timeline there because we have been past fall.
We are now in winter of 2023 and we have not had any dates announced about trading and burning.
But we know there was some layoffs that happened.
So, that probably caused them to be a little bit behind on their schedule.
I know, sad.
I know, miss all the people, the original team of 10KTF.
So, shout out to them.
Much love to them.
But, I think we're going to probably get these announcements, I think probably this Thursday, to be honest.
I was talking with Vitamin and he suspects that we have probably one more bounty to go.
I think in this last bounty, they said that this is like the final stretch or something like that.
And so, yeah, I think for every new one who's participating in the bounties, just, yeah, keep going.
It's been hard for me.
I think I've missed the last two bounties.
Surprisingly, I was really on top of those.
But I just, yeah, I know.
Yeah, thanks, Geegan.
Didn't even share with me, like, hey, join my bounty.
You know, could have helped me out.
All right, we'll start a bounty tonight.
For anybody that doesn't know what popcorn is for or what we're talking about, do you want to enlighten them on that?
Sure.
So, what a bounty is, is there's these, I'm like, how do I even say, how do I even start?
So, right now in 10KTF, there is no official PFP collection.
But we are working towards that.
And the way we as community members are working towards getting a PFP for 10KTF is through bounties.
And you can participate in a bounty if you have what's called a G-tag.
So, G-tags are an NFT.
And you can play with them on the bounty.
And when you complete a bounty, you can find the bounties on battle.town.
That's the website to join.
And you just submit your G-tag to the website.
And the mission or the bounty lasts, it depends, like, three to five days.
And once that's complete, you'll notice, like, in your inventory on the website, you'll see that you earned popcorn.
So, there's, what is it, seven?
Seven different bounties you can join.
Each bounty goes to a particular PFP.
And the PFPs are going to be Kraken, which is, like, this octopus-looking character.
There's Ninetales, which is, like, this foxy girl that has, like, nine tails.
Golem, which is, like, this masculine rock boulder-looking guy.
And then there's Swampy, which is, like, this interesting creature you can imagine is from the swamp.
There's Masura, which is, like, this more sensual, sexy moth queen gal.
And then Megajaw, which is, like, this megalodon shark, you know, super tiny legs, but really buff up top.
And then there's Kaiju, which, if you've followed any of the 10KTF storyline, Kaiju was this big monster that destroyed New Tokyo.
But then he was saved with Tomo, which is Wagmi-san's cat, who passed on but came back as a spirit and helped save New Tokyo and shrunk the Kaiju into a baby Kaiju.
So, as far as we know it, the Kaiju is in its baby form right now.
So, right now, we are entering those bounties to earn those popcorns.
And there are different popcorns that tie to each of those characters.
So, Keegan posted up top how all of the characters look like.
So, you can kind of see that was during Thanksgiving.
They're at the Thanksgiving table.
But, yeah, that's kind of what we're talking about when we talk about popcorn, when we talk about bounties.
And if we talk about the 10KTFPFPs and we will mention any of those names, Kraken, Ninetails, Golem, Swampy, Masura, Megajaw, Kaiju.
That is what we are referring to.
All right.
Thank you for that breakdown.
Yeah, and so, for anybody that wants to check it out on Thursday at 3 p.m. Pacific, usually there is a storyline that comes off of the Twitter handle, 10KTFShop, from one of the pinned up above tweets.
If you follow that or look at that at 3 p.m., usually you'll see stuff coming out on Thursdays.
But then also, too, on a side note, they've been doing giveaways.
So, for anybody that's new, I believe, to the Discord, so I know there's some new faces in there.
I'm pretty sure, Kreatress, I'm pretty sure you're not in that Discord.
But if you're in the Discord and you're new, they're giving it away.
It's like a collaborative effort.
It's like a bingo card.
On Thursday, they're giving away G-Tags, okay?
So, one for the new person and one for your partner.
So, for any new people, Ian, Kreatress, if you guys want to be my partner on Thursday, we can win a G-Tag.
Those are my friends.
I get first dibs.
They're mine, too.
So, we need new people in there.
I need them first.
Actually, no, you knew Kreatress first.
By a few seconds.
You have to get five in a row on the bingo card.
You submit it, and then you win a G-Tag, and I win a G-Tag.
And so, that'll bring you to the ecosystem.
If you want, I mean, it's just free.
I mean, no big deal.
It's like, all this stuff is free.
Shout out to Teresa, too.
She wants to join.
And Teresa.
All right, Teresa.
Get Teresa there, too.
Shit.
The more, the merrier.
Like, this is what I'm saying.
Free stuff.
Free G-Tags, which is a PFP.
It will be a PFP.
Free tournament for Fortnite on Saturday.
So much stuff happening, but people need to know about it, right?
People don't know about all this stuff.
That's why we're sharing.
So, yeah.
Anyway.
All right.
Well.
It's very true.
And one thing I forgot to add is the way G-Tags and Popcorn kind of relate is if you play your G-Tag, you earn the Popcorn during the Bounty, and then after, you're able to load up the Popcorn onto your Bounty.
So, as I mentioned before, each Popcorn ties to each character, different characters.
So, there's a Masura Popcorn.
That Masura Popcorn goes to the Masura PFP, right?
So, at the end, you're able to upload, you know, if you want to do all Masura, or maybe you want to do all Mega Jaw, or you want to do a mixture, then you'll get revealed at the end which PFP you get.
And so, there's a whole leaderboard of people who've been collecting the popcorn.
Some people really, really want a Kraken, so they've just, like, uploaded a bunch of Kraken, or that's the only popcorn they put on their G-Tag.
Some people like a little bit of both.
And so, you know, some people upload, you know, multiple types of popcorn.
So, we still don't know, like, how that's going to look like.
Like, they've given us, like, sneak peeks of what they've been working on.
Like, how the PFPs are going to truly look.
But there's layers to this.
Creatures, there's layers to this.
There is.
And that's why I think, like, people are forgetting, like, I think when that phase comes into play, things are going to shift.
Things are going to change.
And I'm participating this Thursday.
I'm going to make a run.
They gave away six G-Tags.
I pinned up above.
So, the damn show did this on Thursday of last week.
I'm going to participate this week because I just checked my work calendar.
I don't have any meetings at 3 p.m.
So, I'm going to try and get one of those G-Tags.
So, anybody that's new that wants to be my partner, go ahead and look at the tweet up above from the damn show.
And then scroll down and look at their second tweet.
That's the bingo card, what it looks like.
And so, then we have to work together in order to fill it out and then submit it.
So, but point being, what I was getting at with the G-Tags.
So, think about this.
If you look back and think about the storyline, right?
So, Wen Moon has a G-Tag on her in some of the storyline, pictures, and frames.
Right.
So, conceptually, what does that mean then?
Like, does she summon the golem?
Does she summon a Masura?
Or do you turn into that character?
That's what I'm wondering.
Because if she herself, Wen Moon, is a character in the ecosystem, but then she can pull out this G-Tag, which you see her holding in some different scenes, how is that going to work, conceptually?
That's what I'm wondering.
Yeah, that's interesting how that's going to take shape within the storyline.
But I do remember this one particular tweet where Wen Moon is on a floating island, and she's just kind of, like, she has her hand underneath her chin, and she just has, like, her knee propped up.
And she's like, oh, like, she says something along the lines, like, oh, it looks like there's been activity going on on some of the other islands.
I'll let you go take a look.
And that was, like, the very beginning, like, the intro to us doing the bounties.
And we figured out, like, okay, there's all these other floating islands.
We don't know if they're necessarily part of New Tokyo as a whole, but there are these other floating islands where you find these creatures, the Kraken, the Masura, the Ninetales, and all that.
So, yeah, I just remember that part of the storyline where she's like, go take a look.
Like, I'll let you get, like, a sneak peek of what's going on on those islands.
So I think that's kind of where we're at in the storyline where Wen Moon gave us permission, and this is what we're witnessing.
We're witnessing the storyline of, like, you know, and by the way, like, we've been doing this bounties for what?
At least nine weeks, I want to say.
I think I haven't counted all of the bounties we've done, but it's been a lot.
And if you track each storyline, each bounty for each PFP, you put them all together, and it actually creates a story of, like, kind of the journey of each character.
So I feel like that's kind of, like, us as the audience is witnessing when we participate in these bounties, as we're witnessing the story of the kaiju, the story of, you know, Gollum and all of the other characters.
That's kind of my perspective, just because it's based off of that, like, one tweet where Wen Moon is, like, on the floating island, and she says that.
Yeah, that's a good point.
I forgot about that.
So many things, so many details, and, yeah, I won't be surprised if it comes fast and furious once the things are in place.
I mean, if you think about it, there's been a lot invested into this.
A lot of time, a lot of energy, a lot of efforts, a number of community members, a number of team members.
Like, there was a lot, and so I think that there's got to be something pretty spectacular that has to, like, pop off when it comes to implementing this next phase.
So, yeah, excited to see how it works out.
I'm curious to see how it plays out, but I'm here for it.
I'm here for it, right?
I mean, there's free G-Tags on Thursday if you can win, and Oni4's free event on Fortnite on Saturday.
Yeah, I'm looking at the G-Tags right now.
If you're on OpenSea and you go to the 10KTF stock room, you get to see all the G-Tags.
Right now, they're $1,155 NFTs, and so right now, the one that's listed is for $0.225 each, which in U.S. dollars is $486.83.
So, maybe that's a little bit more of an incentive for new, new, new people to get a G-Tag, because you could potentially be trying to enter into this bingo game on Thursday for potentially $500, or if you want to save the G-Tag and try to get the 10KTFPFP and be part of the community.
So, there you go.
Or, if you want to play on Saturday's Fortnite event with Oni4's, you can get a free NFT, and you can get some FaceTime when you're doing streaming and playing each other, and then, yeah.
So, there's that.
So, so many different avenues, right?
Yeah, a lot of free stuff.
It's the time of giving.
It's the holidays, holiday cheers.
So, yeah, I love this stuff.
Free shrapnel NFTs on Saturdays, and then the opportunity to get a G-Tag worth almost $500, and, you know, be a part of the community if you want to hold on to it.
Yep.
All right.
Well, with that, I think we will wrap it up here.
Got to go eat, but we covered the happenings.
We had our little interview with the Hodler Collective, part of the Apescoms team, and we covered some 10KTF talk, and hopefully we'll be on the lookout for Thursday.
Yeah, and, yeah.
Stop by.
Appreciate everybody coming in.
Valerie, anything you want to say to close up?
No, this is great.
I appreciate, you know, you having Hodler Collective on here.
I came in a little late because I was chatting with Ian down there for a bit, so I'll have to listen to the beginning, but, yeah, shout out to him again and everything he does with Apecoms, especially because he does it free and he's been doing it so often, so consistently, and so I hope down the line there's opportunities for him and the rest of the community that keeps showing up for Apecoin, you know, gets some opportunity to get paid in the space.
I'm also super grateful for you hosting these Teaching Tuesdays, being super consistent, and having amazing guests.
Hopefully you'll have me.
Maybe you'll start the new year off with me.
Maybe we'll do that.
And then, yeah, I'm super excited to have my community, San Diego NFT Friends, be official partners of the Fortnite tournament with NFL Super Bowl champion this Saturday with Juju Smith-Schuster.
So make sure you follow up top at the pinned tweet.
If you want to enter, I'd appreciate if you mentioned that San Diego NFT Friends referred you, because then you will get the Play Shrapnel NFT along with that.
And, yeah, I'll see everyone who's going to the Beeple event this Saturday as well.
Keegan and I will be in South Carolina, Charleston.
Yeah.
Well, thank you for that.
Appreciate the shout-outs and uplifting.
And Dev Dad, what's up?
How you doing?
Hold on, Dave.
I'm listening.
Hey, you guys there?
Yeah.
Hey, I just wanted to kind of put this out into the community.
It's kind of a question, I guess, if anyone else knows or has any theories about this.
But I feel like, you know, Yuga Labs is tied in with A16Z and a lot of VC backing.
You had Moonbirds come into Bored Apes in the beginning and help push them forward.
I see there's a lot of moves that have been happening behind the scenes, like Daniel Legre from Activision.
There's ties in, I feel like, to a project called Mythical Games.
And I don't know if anybody else knows what this one is.
But it's John Linden from Activision, from Call of Duty, started this up about four or five years ago.
And it's a Web3 gaming platform.
They have ties with the NFL.
There's Nitro Nation.
And there's a game called Blankos.
And I just want to put this out there for other people to look into, too.
I think it was developed as an SDK and something, the space, I don't think anybody's really seen this before, where the whole game is an SDK.
Because NFT communities can't move quick enough, you know, at the AAA level to develop a whole game.
So I think it was developed ahead of time so someone could come in and acquire the game.
Or maybe it was already set up that these guys would be the ones acquiring it.
So the name makes sense with what 10KTF is developing with the whole Blanks thing.
So they're going to be able to come in and basically just, boom, take off 0-60.
And you've got this ready-made game.
So I think it's all tying together as we speak.
If you look over at the game, Blankos, you're going to see all kinds of connections.
The lore's already kind of been happening for the last several years.
And it's only accelerated over the last year.
I even see, like, when Moon, there's already an avatar called Kira Daring, where if you go through back to 10KTF stuff a couple years back, well, a year and a half back, you'll see when she first came on the scene, the stuff she was wearing, the purple, the pink, the light blue.
This Kira Daring character is dressed the same exact way.
And there's the blue cat is in there.
It's Miko-Niko.
It's like a robotic blue cat.
I mean, there's all kinds of them.
Even Mothra, even Kitsune is a Ninetales.
Ninetales.
So all of the, you know, giant monsters are present.
Kraken, Kraken's there.
They're all there.
So kind of wild to think it might already, you know, be taking shape.
But anyway, just wanted to throw that out there.
Yeah.
No, I appreciate your two cents.
And thank you for stopping in.
And yeah, I see in your handle, Play Mythical.
So were you part of that team?
You know what?
It was just after CryptoKitties, I was like, you know, NFTs kind of caught my imagination.
I started looking for utility kind of a little too soon.
I didn't, you know, figure it was going to take this long.
So profile pics came in the meantime.
And I was looking already back then for utility.
So I stumbled on like Trondogs and other things that were just promises.
And then that's when I found Mythical, though.
Right away, I found the story on Mythical and the AAA gaming background of these guys.
And I was like, I'm following them.
It just took years to develop, you know.
But I was with them since, you know, 2019.
Dang.
Okay.
And so what's the game that you're referring to, though?
Like it's called Mythical?
So Mythical Gaming is the company.
And it's backed by the same people backing Yuga, by the way.
Like Andreessen Horowitz is a huge backer, both of them.
And they've got three games out.
So the first one was Blankos.
That's the one I'm talking about.
But they've also got two other ones.
They've got NFL Rivals and Nitro Nation.
So huge contracts with the NFL.
So interesting.
Yeah, I see a lot of your posts and the stuff that's connected to it.
Like, I'm a huge Deadmau5 fan, too.
So I see him all over there, too.
I'm definitely going to explore this and do some exploring.
That's really interesting.
I mean, you know what?
I think that so many things are possible.
Like, and a lot of the people, I mean, I don't know.
I don't know for sure.
But I say, like, people that are, like, well-known in the tech or gaming space, they probably know of each other.
So there's probably talking and discussions and different things that happen behind the scenes that we may never be privy to.
But sometimes when you start to see stuff where it's like, hey, that's too much of a coincidence for that to be that similar.
You know, like there had to be dialogue of something where it's like, hey, that's the reference point for this idea or this conceptually what we want to do, you know.
And on any avenue, not just with the project, you know.
So, yeah.
All right.
Well, thanks for your work.
Thanks for all the info you guys put out.
Appreciate you.
Yeah.
No, thank you.
Thank you for being here.
Yeah.
And with that, I think we'll wrap it up.
But, yeah, I appreciate it.
Oh, Euletra's here.
She came in late.
Okay.
But I appreciate everybody for being here.
10KTF Teaching Tuesdays.
Together we can achieve more.
And, yeah, thank you for being here at Catastrophe.
Thank you for being here, Apegoat.
Thank you, Tokentalk.
Thank you, 10KTF Teachings.
Ian, thank you, my friend, for stopping in.
It's good to see you again today.
Hopefully, you can stop in more whenever you get time.
SDNFT friends, thank you for being here.
Per usual.
Partnerships with the Fortnite tournament with Oniforce.
Teresa, it's good to see you again.
Appreciate you being here.
Creatress, thank you for stopping in, as always.
Smoking guns.
My regulars here stopping in.
I appreciate you.
Euletra, even though she comes in late, we still appreciate her coming through.
Always supporting the fam.
And Dev Dad bringing up some interesting points where I got to do some exploring here.
Some due diligence.
So, yeah.
And VDizzle, we love you.
We appreciate you.
Thank you for helping lead the charge with Oniforce and everything that you're doing for the Web3 NFT space.
And shout out again to Creatress.
She just texted me that she just got a follow back from Gordon.
Gordon Garner.
Oh, damn.
She, okay.
Yeah, that's it.
All right.
Get her autograph now while you can before she's out of reach, guys.
Book her for your next event.
Yep.
All right.
Well, congrats, Creatress.
Appreciate you.
And, yeah.
We'll see you guys next week.
10KTF Teaching Tuesdays.
Same time, same place.
Thanks for being here.
And have a good night.
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