We know it's scary out there in the dark and the wilderness. As the planet descends towards winter equinox, and the nights get longer, your voice cries out for heroes to protect you from the gathering cold. And we answer your call: Night Watch has arrived. We'll keep you safe from even the most vicious owls.

No, no need to thank us. Courage and Service are our middle names, which is really hard to fit on a government form actually and we wish our parental units would have thought that through. Anyway. Who's ready to spend 6 hours hanging out (and maybe winning prizes!) with Night Courage Service Watch? You are, that's who!

LIVE AUCTION

Tonight, we'll be hosting a live auction starting at 7pm PT! Make sure you have your donor account set up here on desertbus.org as well as your linked Twitch account ready to log in and bid.

Up for grabs will be this frickin' delicious Magic: the Gathering Leather Bag that will keep your items not only safe but stylish as you gallivant between planes - whether that be planes of existence or planes in the sky. UPDATE: The bag has sold to Nycthemeron for $4,250!

GIVEAWAYS

At some point between 6pm and 12am Pacific Time, these items will become available so that anyone who donates a specified amount (or multiples thereof!) will have a chance to win them.

• MTG World Championship Winners Decks (1998-2000) - $9.98, ended at 7pm PT and raised $5,249.48
• Zelda: The Minish Cap Cross-Stitch - $9.29, ended at 9:29pm PT and raised $7,106.85
• Pokemon TCG Booster Box Set #2 - $5.82, ended at 10:45pm PT and raised $3,765.54
• The Brothers' War Full Set (Non-foil) #2 -$7.62, ended at 11:40pm PT and raised $3,649.98

SILENT AUCTIONS

Available until 2am Pacific Time. Place your bid to win! No more bid sniping: we're running Vickrey auctions so simply put in the highest you're willing to bid and the system's got you from there.

• Desert Bus Theme Leather GLOW Earrings
• Dragon Scale Shawl

We had a good time today on Alpha Byte.

Jacob came by with his Mystery Suitcase. Which raised a lot of money.

Spent some time with the Time Boyz

Paid fidelity to Yass King.

Checked in with Dan Olsen

Several times

And had Beer o'clock

We asked and you delivered. Alpha Flight wanted to know what our beer would look like.

In third place

trevor_impersonator he/him

In second place

Summer Konechny (she/her)

And finally your winner

Sedangogh They/Them

Check your email we will be in touch.

We have 2 auctions ending in 1 hour.

First Desert Bus Handmade Watercolor Set

Second G’raha Tia's Woven Scarf

Hurry bidding ends at 6:00 PM PST.

We would like to thank Rollacrit.

A big thank you to Rollacrit for their awesome prize donation.  Rollacrit was founded in 2015 as a hub for lovers of gaming.  Rollacrit believes that tabletop gamers deserve better.  Better t-shirts, better collectables, and better accessories.  Thank you Rollacrit for your support. 

We have a special guest joining us at 3:00 PM.

Dan Olson is an Alberta-based YouTuber, rabble-rouser, and gamer. He has been known to game and has even been spotted doing a gaming. His favourite gamer word is "ludology."

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and he brought a new Mystery Suitcase

Mystery Suitcase - FROM JAPAN!

ANOTHER ONE!??? Where do these keep coming from!? The Answer: Jacob and Japan! Jacob has returned from his trip once again with a bag full of treats and delights from Japan.…

Desert Bus for Hope

To enter, donate $5.55 or any multiple there of.

HURRY!!! This giveaway ends at 1:55 PM PST.

Alpha Flight loves its beer. So we've decided that we need a label for our own beer brand. Please send all submissions to contest@desertbus.org. Submit with your pronouns and name you would like used on air. Please use either PNG or JPG.

All submissions must be in by 5:00 PM PST.

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Alpha Byte has Commenced. Many activities are scheduled for today. Enjoyment will commence. Finances shall be distributed to appropriate parties. All will be merry.

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Exceptional visitors will be arriving. First. The favorite of the viewers, Jacob Burgess at 1:00 PM.

Friend Burgess brings a container of secrecy filled with items obtained from Friend Burgess's travels. Said container will be given away today. Maintain communication with Desert Bus to obtain information.

Mystery Suitcase

ANOTHER ONE!??? Where do these keep coming from!?…

Desert Bus for Hope

Other exceptional visitor is Dan Olsen.

Dan Olson is an Alberta-based YouTuber, rabble-rouser, and gamer. He has been known to game and has even been spotted doing a gaming. His favourite gamer word is "ludology."

Other items will be distributed in random fashion based on financial contribution.

1. Guild Wars 2 Collector's Edition and More
2. Hand Painted Avatar Tea Set
3. Uncut Sheet #2 - Lost Caverns of Ixalan Full-Art Lands

Non-verbal bidding sales will cease at 6:00 PM

Desert Bus Handmade Watercolor Set

G’raha Tia's Woven Scarf

Fermented Grain Beverages will be served at 5:00 PM

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Today for our product review we had KAPOWIE!

A totally legit punching bag and set of gloves that....sorta fit people's hands.

We had lots of fun taking turns punching it, and....slapping each other in a call for a duel??

But then ANDRE had to go and destroy our poor boy 😭

But we worked with it and did the best we could, and honestly? I think we had lots of fun with him.

So thank you, Kapowie, and we will miss you. He definitely gets a rating of UB!