Every time we make another $1000 the drivers sag slightly, realizing how their cruel fate is sealed.
Then we all think for a second… we were astounded when we hit $5000. We laughed when Teller suggested we could make it to $10,000. And we have.
Thank you everyone.
Keep it coming!
Partly because we’re all very, very tired. But also because it’s astounding. Keep it coming everyone!
We’re having a lot of fun interacting with everyone on the IRC chat, so definitely log in if you haven’t. Also, we’ve been receiving additional donations in exchange for the drivers and the pit crew doing impressive and/or embarrassing things, so that’s always fun.
Thanks to Mike H, who had our back when we forgot to screenshot 1337 miles. Yay, Mike!
We have to keep making new ones because you’re all so awesome.
HUGE thanks to everyone who’s brought/given us food. Dave for the pizza, Michael for the chocolate, Bruce for the soup, and of course Teller, who bought us a complete Subway sandwich platter! It means a lot you guys!
This is too much for us guys, you have made this more incredible for us that we had hoped. We’ve raised $1000 more than our goal, and we haven’t even earned 1 point yet. This is one of the best and most meaningful things we’ve ever been involved in.
It’s also totally awesome. Seriously, this is hella rad. Yes. I said hella. It’s late and we’re tired.
When we started this project, we chose $5000 as an arbitrary goal that seemed like the upper limit of would be in the realm of possibility. Well here we are, just under 2.5 hours and not only have we reached $5000 but the donations show no signs of slacking off. You guys are truly amazing.
And don’t worry, just because our goal has been reached doesn’t mean we are going to stop. Keep the donations coming, and we are going to keep right on busing.
Specifically the creators of Desert Bus, Penn & Teller, and their friend Eddie Gorodetsky, who have donated or have commited to donating a combined $1500. This is becoming everything we were hoping for.
Penn & Teller mentioned specifically the late Barry Marx, an executive producer for the game who worked on Desert Bus. We’d like to say that anyone who had any involvment in this game is clearly awesome, and obviously Barry Marx was no exception. Thanks.
Because it’s been mere hours since the last post, and we’ve cleared $3000. This is amazing, everyone!
The webcam feeds and chat should be live pretty soon, keep watching!