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Beej's Zeta!
November 15, 2018 at 05:27 AM PST
Posted by Matthews

Today, we celebrate our last Zeta of the run. We’ll miss you, Zeta. See you next year.

Zeta came in head-banging with the winner of Beej’s art challenge, Hop Pole Studios. Congrats!!

The stream died. Long live the stream. What? It’s back? Time for a Random Dance Party!

Zeta plays “The More You Nope!” wherein you can learn random, terrifying facts. Bed bugs are weird, y’all.

We got a special guest! And a bit of a scare.

Ian left a present for us with Shawn. It was… You know what, it just was.

And Dale performed a PERFECTLY ORDINARY traffic report for the stream.

 

Keep watching for the last day, friends. Thank you so much for all of your support thus far, and for your support going into the last few hours. We have 16 hours left to go right now, what can you guys get us to?

Sponsor Thank You: Humble Bundle
November 15, 2018 at 05:00 AM PST
Posted by Tim

Humble BundleWe’re proud to welcome Humble Bundle as a sponsor of Desert Bus for Hope 2018.

Humble Bundle is a distribution platform that sells games, ebooks, software, and other digital content. Since Humble’s founding in 2010, their mission has been to support charity while providing awesome content to customers at great prices. From their beginnings offering game bundles, they’ve grown to include an online storefront, publishing, a monthly subscription service, and more.

Thank you Humble Bundle for your contributions and support of Desert Bus for Hope!

Donation Drive: Complete Foil Return To Ravnica Set
November 15, 2018 at 03:03 AM PST
Posted by Matthews

With Guilds of Ravnica launched and Ravnica Allegiance on the horizon, Card Kingdom wanted to make sure we didn’t forget the past! This Complete Foil Set of Return to Ravnica includes one of every card in the set from the highly-loved Magic: The Gathering set of the same name. With commander staples like shock lands, Abrupt Decay, Sphinx’s Revelation and everyone’s favorite banned card, Deathrite Shaman, this Foil Set is full to bring some shine to your next Magic: The Gathering game.

Donate $6.90 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 4:00am PST.

UPDATE: This donation drive has completed. Thank you for all of your donations!!

Donation Drive: Humble Bundle Bundle!
November 15, 2018 at 01:24 AM PST
Posted by Matthews

Thanks to our esteemed sponsor, Humble Bundle, you can donate now to get this awesome lot of humbleprizes from Humble Bundle. This merch is usually only available to employees, so now is your only chance to get it!

This prize lot includes:
2 Can Koozies
2 Pair Sunglasses
1 Medium T-Shirt
1 Cloth Tote Bag
1 Notebook
1 Bindle Pin made by Fangamer
1 Pair of Socks
1 Stuffed Hamble
3 Months Subscription to Humble Monthly

Donate $7.77 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 3:20am PST.

Donation Drive: 2018 Magic: The Gathering Commander Full Set
November 14, 2018 at 11:17 PM PST
Posted by Matthews

Thinking about trying Commander? Then this is the giveaway for you!! Wizards of the Coast has donated the full set of 2018 Commander cards!

Commander (2018 Edition) brings back a very special category of commanders: planeswalkers! commanderYep, instead of a creature, each deck is led by a powerful planeswalker and built to take full advantage of their unique abilities. Most planeswalkers can’t be used as commanders, but these four have been designed specifically to fill that role, so you can battle with a true legend of the Multiverse by your side.

This lot includes all four, pre-constructed decks from the 2018 Edition.

Donate $8.34 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 1:45pm PST.

 

Zeta Theme Song Contest Winners
November 14, 2018 at 11:11 PM PST
Posted by Matthews

We some great entries for Beej’s art contest to find the theme of the FINAL Zeta of the run! Congratulations to Hop Pole Studios, our winner! You will be getting this year’s Desert Bus for Hope t-shirt, and a d’bloon!

We also want to give a shout-out to our runner up, Gothic_Monkey!

Give them a listen, and go full Zeta!

What You've Missed: Maui Mayhem Edition
November 14, 2018 at 11:00 PM PST
Posted by Tim

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Never challenge chat. Never. Challenge. Chat. Really, these wrestlers should’ve known better. Here’s more of what you’ve missed…

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FIVE MILLION DOLLARS LIFETIME THANK YOU WHARBLGARBL!

The Doubleclicks called in and said hello!

It was about time for a Late Night Dub Fight! Check out the replay on Twitch.

Today we learned… don’t wipe down the soundboard with a cleaning wipe while it’s still connected:

By popular request, Graham and Jordan bring you very very untrained K-Pop dancing:

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Remember, for the latest updates, stay tuned to desertbus.org. You can also catch up on the latest #DB2018 happenings around the web…

Creative Challenge Results: Desert Bus Family Mon
November 14, 2018 at 09:37 PM PST
Posted by Tim

During Ian’s shift, we challenged the community to develop a Desert Bus Family Mon, a type of emblem designed to represent a person or family. Congratulations to Zac, who submitted our winning entry!

Zac

We’ve included a few additional selects below. We don’t have the space here to showcase every entry, but thank you to everyone who submitted something to this challenge!

Donation Drive: Sonic The Hedgehog Box Art Cross-Stitch
November 14, 2018 at 09:17 PM PST
Posted by Tim

0043_001_SonicGotta go fast! It’s everyone’s favorite chili-dog loving anthropomorphic talking blue hedgehog! This cross-stitch celebrates Sonic by recreating the box art for the very first Sonic the Hedgehog game for Sega Genesis. The stitch is on 14-count white aida cloth, measures 9” by 12”, and is framed inside a 12” by 15” black frame. It contains over 22000 stitches in 78 colors of DMC floss, and took approximately 175 hours to complete. The cross-stitch pattern was created from a photo to cross-stitch conversion program and then further modified by the artist. You know you’ve got the game still at home somewhere….why not put the box art up on your wall, too? This item should go FAST, so you’d better make sure to get your donations and bids in today, or else YOU’RE TOO SLOW!

Donate $7.60 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this donation drive until 11:15pm PST.

Driver Profile: Beej
November 14, 2018 at 09:05 PM PST
Posted by Ash

Driving: Wednesday Nov. 14th 10pm – 10am

Brendan “Beej” Dery

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“I’m just here to make friends.”

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