At 10am PST today we will be doing a live auction for this beautiful Beauty and the Beast Window Clock. Make sure you've got your donor account in order and get in chat so you can try to win this! If you have any questions, we will have lots of explanations in chat and in person once the auction begins.
We're not far from the silent auction switch over, so let's take a look at what we've got. Who knows, maybe you'll want to try your hand at getting something! Also as a reminder, our silent auction system has changed. Check out this link for more information so you can catch up.
First we have this adorable set of needle-felted art dolls represents four Magic: The Gathering planeswalkers as they appear (or might appear) on the plane of Bloomburrow - cuter than ever! Ral (Crackling Wit) has become an otter, Jace (the Mind Sculptor) is a fox, Liliana (of the Dark Realms) is now a squirrel, and Tamiyo (Field Researcher) is a lop-eared rabbit.
Next is this Hand-drawn Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Map. This mystical map is crafted from a coffee-stained and torn-edged piece of fine vellum, using acrylic inks, Pigma Micron pens, and a few custom designed, 3D printed elements. Important city locations and points of interest from throughout Mario’s journey are illustrated on dimensional “pop-up” panels, and if a need ever arises to collect them again, the location of each Crystal Star has been helpfully denoted as well.
Both of these end at 10am PST!
Next up after those, starting at 10am PST and ending at 6pm PST, we've got two items for you to check out...
First is a set of Copper Coasters with Ea-Nasir Quotes. These nine coasters made from genuine copper products feature English translations interleaved with the cuneiform transcriptions of some choice quotes from amongst the Ea-Nasir tablets found at Ur, notoriously known for containing some of the oldest recorded customer complaints.
The other item is a set of Thalassophobia Tryptich paintings. Invite the horrors of the deep everywhere you go, even the middle of the desert! This set of three watercolour paintings feature scenes from the games Dave the Diver, Dredge, and Subnautica. Each painting was carefully composed with a bold disregard for scale, geography, and biome-restricted spawns.
And again these two will start at 10am PST after the other two have ended. Make sure to search around the site, you never know what you might see...
UPDATE: Everything should be fixed now! Anyone who has purchased a poster already will have the difference in cost reimbursed to them when PMC is able to go in and deal with that. If you have anymore issues or questions please feel free to email us at store@desertbus.org.
Hey everybody! So we unfortunately have been informed of some issues with people ordering the poster. Something is off about the shipping costs - we don't know specifically what's going on unfortunately, but we're working on finding out!
We have contacted PMC to ask about what's going on, but unfortunately we will likely have to wait for the long weekend to pass before we get an answer - we're expecting we won't hear back until Tuesday.
So, until we figure all of this out, we suggest holding off on ordering the poster. If you've already ordered it, don't feel bad if you feel the need to cancel it and reorder it once stuff is worked out. We apologize again for this inconvenience to our lovely audience, but we will do everything we can do fix it!!
For the 4th year, the Dawn Guard Minecraft Server returns! This year we are giving away 20 entries into the server, 10 at the start of the first Dawn Guard shift, and then 10 towards the end. Each winner will receive access to a private 1.20.1 Java Minecraft server, along with an invite to a private Discord server. Once all 20 players are situated, it’s up to them to come together over the course of the week to explore the server, punch trees, and build up an incredible Minecraft world. At the end of each Dawn Guard shift, we’ll hop onto the server to check in on your progress, and deliver goodies to help you in your quest!
Basic rules/guidelines to consider before entering this giveaway:
Minecraft experience is not at all required, but owning the game is obviously is! For this particular server you’ll be required to own a copy of the Java version of the game.
-No one is required to log on every day, or put in a minimum number of hours, but if you think you’d only be able to play for 20 minutes each day, if that, please refrain from entering.
-The Discord server is entirely optional, but is highly recommended as it makes communication between all the players much easier. The Discord server this year is baked into the Dawncraft United Discord server (more on that in a minute)
-This should absolutely go without saying, but for both the Minecraft and Discord servers there is zero tolerance for abusive behavior toward your fellow players. Something new to this year is the existence of Dawncraft United. A Minecraft and Discord server made up of all previous years winners. They remain active throughout the year in both Discord and Minecraft. It is a community driven server, Desert Bus for Hope has no official presence on either server (James is a member of both, but not super active). Which means that while winners of this years Dawn Guard Minecraft Server giveaway will be invited into the great Dawncraft United server after this years run, it is not a requirement at all! Just a fun little bonus 😄
So donate $5.21 or multiples thereof before 7:30am PST to get a chance to win a slot in the server and create to your hearts content!
Matt "Cat Enthusiast" Wiggins Memorial Stadium has an official mascot... Whether or not Night Watch chooses to acknowledge it. Y'all came through and sent in amazing options, but after much deliberation, we were able to narrow it down to our honorable mentions, and our one winner!
Honorable Mentions
AND OUR WINNER!!
Congratulations Arekage! Our shipping team will reach out to confirm details about sending you your well earned shirt and DBLoon!!
It is the first Zeta of the run! We're here, we're caffeinated to the gills, and we're ready to shepherd you all through the night.
We're back at it again at the Krispy Kreme with a bunch of spicy giveaways, silent auctions, and even an art challenge! But that's just part of what to expect tonight. There is also more wackiness and shenanigans than one might even think is possible, but you know what? We're going to do it and no one can stop us. Because they're all asleep.
Giveaways For The Evening
All giveaway info will be announced during the shift, and displayed on screen, so keep your eyes on the stream!
Desert Bus For Tote: Zeta Edition!
No Face Chill Space Throw Blanket
Uncut Sheet #1 - Lost Caverns of Ixalan Full-Art Lands
Art Challenge
Watch this space for more info! We will be announcing how to enter soon! What we can reveal is that the winner will receive a shiny new Desert Bus For Hope 2024 tshirt and a DBloon!
Silent Auctions
Available Until 2am
Annie The Pheonixobo!
Desert Bus Shift Dice Tower
Available Starting at 2am, running until 10am
Bloomburrow Needle-Felted Planeswalkers
Hand-drawn Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Map
PSA: 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.
You know that friend who's like, so cool, and so stylish, and so goshdarn nice that you can't help but check your hair every time you know they're coming over? Fangamer is that friend. Their site is filled with cool ideas and stylish designs from your favorite franchises; it's the kind of stuff where even people who don't know the reference will give you The Nod and say "cool shirt."
Case in point: look at the cool shirt they designed for this year's Desert Bus for Hope! Wasn't that so goshdarn nice of them? This mouth-watering red T-shirt design makes us feel like the cherry on top of the sundae, and we're so happy to have Fangamer as a friend (and sponsor!) who makes us feel and look this good.
Get ready, sports fan, for the biggest rip-off of your life! That's right, comin' on down to the arena we got the biggest, the baddest, the bladest of beys! We got a bracket, we got a blade, we gonna beat! This! Up!
Missed it live? WE GOT YOU! Think we're gonna let our glorious battles disappear into the ether when VODs exist? No way! Now go watch Day 1 of the Night Watch Beyblade Rip-Off! WOOOOO!
Beys of the Day:
- Ian vs Jordan
- Meg vs Logan
- Rachel vs Brett