Whether you’re a horrible person or a wonderful one, the live auction beginning in 15 minutes is a real paradox for you.
Tune in to the Driver Cam and login to the IRC chat with your donor ID, so you’re ready to bid on not only the best game for bad people, but all four of its expansions, including the one that came out YESTERDAY. This game is really fun, guys, and a great way to not take political correctness too seriously. However, if you still feel a modicum of guilt at the thought of playing, consider that if you win it here in our live auction, all the proceeds go to improve the lives of sick children! You can’t feel too bad when you’re helping kids’ hospitals. It’s win/win.
-Shandi
*UPDATE* Max Temkin, one of the geniuses behind this super successful silly game, is live on the line now (with video).
In the latter hours of Matt’s driving shift, folks kept calling for him to take a dive and intentionally crash the bus. He said he would crash when the donation total reached $400,000. You really pushed, donors, and we reached that milestone before 8:20 a.m. PST–long before the end of Matt’s shift, making him the highest earning driver of the run so far. However, wishing to really etch his driver stats in history, Matt was still reluctant. When he refused to crash unless it was on his own terms (he wanted to get one more point first), Alex took matters into his own hands.
Alex pulls the plug on Matt.
Alex pulled out the controller cord, and Matt was forced to watch helplessly as chat and the Moonbase crowd alike chanted “Left, left, left, left,” until the bus came to a grinding halt. He’s now resolved to distinguish the remainder of his shift by bus stops. Are there more crashes in his future? Stay tuned, viewers, and keep that donation total climbing.
-Shandi
Steve Dengler is a geek many geeks want to be. He flies airplanes, speaks Italian and collects game memorabilia. Actually, just about anybody ought to be more like the modest man behind Dracogen Inc. He and a friend started a company straight out of university, and eventually the work paid off. Now he spends his resources beating bureaucracy, co-starring in a web comic, and overall getting good things to happen.
We can all only aspire to the levels of awesomeness and philanthropy exemplified by Dracogen, which is an organizing sponsor of Child’s Play and has provided many of the awesome auction lots we are excited to give away.
Desert Bus for Hope would like to thank Steve and Dracogen for all their support in the organization of Desert Bus for Hope.
Get yourself poké or Portal gear. Driver Cam has been so engrossing: challenges, giveaways, general goofiness. While Andy takes us through a tension-release exercise (or is it tension-retention?), I’m writing to ensure the busking doesn’t cause you to tragically miss out on silent auctions. (The “I” in this case is Shandi.)
set of 3 Pokemon Eevee-lutions Venetian Carnival Masks
by Cultureshock
Portal ‘Keep Calm’ Needlepoint
by Julisana
These auctions end in approximately 2 hours from this posting time, at 10 a.m. PST.
Check out all the silent auctions remaining here: https://desertbus.org/silent-auctions/.
Bidders away.
Oh, viewers. Oh, readers. This Zeta shift. I think it’s possibly the best Zeta shift we’ve ever done, and not just because Matt raised the most cash out of all the Zeta shifts this year. We had some incredible events.
Firstly, Dix and Ian took Cam to the….GAY BAR.
As if that wasn’t hilarious enough, we proceeded to absolutely BREAK Andrew by showing him the Singing Chicken hat.
We discovered the existence of A FRENCH DESERT BUS DRIVE!!! Go check them out here.
We auctioned off this outrageously awesome Weeping Angel blanket…
And then we proceeded to just QWOP balls for the rest of the night. The gifs and images say it all.
MomoCon heads into its 10th annual anime and gaming convention this coming May, bringing geeks of all ages to Atlanta, GA. In 2013, over 12,000 gamers, anime fans, artists, cosplayers and cartoon-enthusiasts enjoyed three days of fun. Like Desert Bus for Hope, MomoCon started as the efforts of a small group of close-knit folks and has grown into a huge amalgamation of many things awesome. Momocon now hosts game tournaments, screenings, workshops, performances, vendors and all things con-related.
MomoCon provided us with the amazing signed Normandy model and did an amazing job helping to spread the word about Desert Bus prior to the start of the run.
Congratulations, AmyLouise!
The rest of the entries are below the cut!
