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Sponsor Shout-Out: Dracogen
November 13, 2024 at 07:29 PM PST
Posted by Soraya
Desert Bus Volunter Max holds up the Desert Bus for Hope 2024 DBLoon, a silver coin with the DB logo on it.

When your wallet's empty from generously donating to the children, you can fill it back up again with a memento of the kindness you showed by getting a DBloon. But those DBloons don't grow on trees, ya know! They grow on the kindness and generosity of longtime sponsor Dracogen, the video game studio created by Friend of the Bus Steve Dengler.

The talented team at Dracogen is currently working on Cosmic Crowbar™: a story-rich, character-driven narrative experience based on the principles of positivity, persistence, and friendship and focused on adventure, discovery, and hope. All themes we love on the Bus! Better keep your eye on this games studio, because they're up to lots of good.

A diverse crew stands on the deck of a prow of a ship at dusk. The crew consists of a person with a bug for a head, a femme person in a wheelchair, a robot, a giant bearded masc person, a colorfully dressed femme person, a dog, a small young masc person, and a crowbar with eyes.
Several images grouped together, featuring characters from Cosmic Crowbar in a variety of scenes. One of them appears to be on a bus!
Night Watch is Taking Over
November 13, 2024 at 06:34 PM PST
Posted by Soraya

Move out of the way, Alpha Flight, because Night Watch is here to run the stage! Yeaaahhhh, it's OUR time now! So get... get out of the way. Please? Uhm...

The Alpha Flight crew remains on the stage as the Night Watch crew appears. After a moment of awkward waiting and shuffling, the Night Watch crew squeezes themselves into whatever empty space they can find (such as Graham sitting on Andrew's lap).

Ahem. Now that Alpha Flight has been scattered to the wind, it's time for us to run our show. Except, it seems like there's a former member of Alpha Flight that we can't seem to shake (and aren't sure we want to). Maybe we should we rebrand this shift "Night Watch - now with Kathleen!"

The Night Watch moon banner and the words Wednesday, November 13. Kathleen hovers in the bottom right corner, posing with a knife and lit by red lights. The events are Wet Ones ("I refuse to dignify this with a time stamp"), Night Watch RIP-OFF! (9pm), and Max fiddles while Night Watch burns ("Some time later).

Oh, and we've also got cool stuff that could become your cool stuff!

Giveaways

Silent Auctions

Alpha Flight is over
November 13, 2024 at 06:00 PM PST
Posted by Dan Wu

But we'll see you again tomorrow.

We had a fun day.

We exercised

We had a concert.

Giveaways:

A very formal live auction

High Tea

And beer o'clock

It was a full day, see you all tomorrow.

Art Challenge Winner
November 13, 2024 at 05:45 PM PST
Posted by Dan Wu

We asked for Neo-pets. We received Neo-Pets.

Runner up 1

QuietCat
She/they

Runner up 2

Elfy, they/them

Winner

Kris365
She/They

Silent Auction Update
November 13, 2024 at 05:00 PM PST
Posted by Dan Wu

We have silent Auctions ending in 1 hour.

First Polyhedral Dice Embroidery Gallery

This is a polyhedral set of 10 embroidered die, ready to display, in a range of sizes, from 6” to 12”! Although you can’t roll them, these art pieces are perfect for a gallery wall in a gaming room, or any space that needs a bit more nerdiness. Each die is sewn onto different weights of cotton and linen with DMC embroidery threads.

See all the details and bid here.

Second, we have Time for Crab! Instant Crab Rave

Are you tired of crab raving alone? In need of some carcinised choreography? Try the "Time for Crab! Instant Crab Rave", a bucket filled with cute crocheted crustaceans who are ready to party! Simply upturn the bucket and you're ready to rave, anywhere, anytime!

See all the details and bid here.

Sponsor: Outsider Comics
November 13, 2024 at 04:00 PM PST
Posted by Dan Wu

We would like to thank prize sponsor Outsider Comics.

We would like to say thank you to Outsider Comics and Geek Boutique.  Outsider Comics and Geek Boutique was founded in 2016 as a space for those outright ignored by the comics and pop culture industries: people who were not cisgender, white, heterosexual, men.

Thank you Outsider Comics.

Guest: The Garages
November 13, 2024 at 12:30 PM PST
Posted by Dan Wu

We have a pre-recorded concert from The Garages today at 1:00 PM.

We are the garages, an anarcho-syndicalist blaseball band from the fictional location of Seattle. we make songs about being gay, the apocalypse, and fighting the gods.

Art Challenge: Alpha Flight Neo-Pet
November 13, 2024 at 12:10 PM PST
Posted by Dan Wu

Alpha Flight wants a neo-pet. Please show us what that would look like.

Send your entries to Contest@deserbus.org. Subject line Neo-Pet. All entries must be in JPEG or PNG format. Please include the name you wish to go by on air as well as pro-nouns.

Entries must be received by 4:30 PM PST.

New Day Same Alpha Flight
November 13, 2024 at 12:02 PM PST
Posted by Dan Wu

Welcome to day 5 of Alpha Flight. We've got a full shift for you today so let's get down to business.

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At 1:00 PM we have a pre-recorded garages concert for you all to enjoy.

Right after that we have another live auction today.

Tamiyo & Nashi Portrait

That starts at 2:00 PM PST. So stay tuned

We also have some fun giveaways today

"Desert Bus" PAX Booth Banner

Bus Window Tapestry

Legacy Books Press Lot #2

And we'll be running an art challenge today as well. Stay tuned for details.

James also owes us a High Tea so that will be happening at 3:00 PM.

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And we'll finish up with Beer O'Clock.

Strap in for a wild ride.

Dawn Guard Consumer Report: A New Day, A New Tube!
November 13, 2024 at 11:48 AM PST
Posted by Az

We here hope you've enjoyed our Dawn Guard tube reports, because we've got another one for you!

James has provided his own personal....back tube! Which honestly we all kind of need after so many days of Desert Bus. So of course, we had to start out with using it in the "proper manner" (so boring, yet so satisfying!)

Of course, we couldn't just keep it to that. We are way too tired for that! So we had some green screen fun thanks to the hands of Ben Ulmer and a little Top Gun magic ✨

DO A BARREL ROLL!

We also decided his name is Gozoné (said like go-zone-eh, like an Italian stereotype!)

Listen, we're...some amount of days in (we don't do math here on Dawn Guard) and we may be losing it just a little. But! We can't help but love every one of our tube children.

Gozoné has contributed quite a bit to our day and back health, so we can't help but give him a rating of BAR!

So thanks for hanging with us today, and we look forward to seeing you again tomorrow!