We here at Desert Bus for Hope, and really by that I mean Fugi, have been working hard to try and make sure people from New Zealand are able to donate to us! Unfortunately PayPal has decided to be a silly goof, but you now have NEW OPTIONS!
If you're from New Zealand (or otherwise are unable to use PayPal) then you'll find on the donation page a little box that says "I live in New Zealand or otherwise can't use PayPal". If this applies to you, click it and it will take you to our new method through Tiltify! With this you should be able to do everything, participate in live auctions, silent auctions, and giveaways.
Unfortunately we do need you to be able to use Stripe, but if you can't use it or have any other issues at all please email us at websupport@desertbus.org and we can try to work something out with you.
Some info for if you use this method, since it's such a quick fix:
1) You have to be logged in to your donor account! We can't have access to your information otherwise. There's several extra fields in Tiltify, but make sure to at least give us your email.
2) Once you go through the Tiltify method, please check your Donor account afterwards to make sure it is working properly.
3) Unfortunately this method does require higher fees, which we don't have control over. But we appreciate everything you can give!
We always have such amazing prizes to give, and Steve Jackson Games has contributed many amazing lots for giveaways this year! They continue to produce amazing games, and with their help you will have a chance at many goodies!
Steve Jackson Games was founded in 1980 by (no surprise here) Steve Jackson. We now publish books, games, and magazines for game fans.
They are best known for games like Munchkin, Zombie Dice, GURPS, OGRE, Car Wars, INWO, and a whole lot more!
It's no surprise that many of us here at Desert Bus love Magic the Gathering. Not only that, but so many of you out there also seem to, so if you're one of those MtG lovers amongst us, you'll want to get ready for this amazing giveaway!
This lot is a full set containing all 281 cards in foil. Yes, you read that right, ALL the cards, ALL in foil! Not only is it so many cards, but also they're S H I N Y ! So if you'd like to win this amazing box o' cards, all you need to do is donate $5.87 or multiples thereof before 11:30am PST!
GLHF
The war has begun. They Phyrexian plan has come to fruition as its armies pour though the multiverse through their corrupted copy of the world tree. Former enemies become allies while others are completed by the Machine Legion.
The surviving planeswalkers have spread the warning across the multiverse to prepare them for the invasion with varying degrees of sucsess. Elsepth and Teferi both put plans into motion to save all the multiverse.
Will all be one or will the multiverse stand?
Did getting to cook delicious looking meals (and...sometimes not) in Legend of Zelda give you the itch to cook in real life? Then this is a perfect prize for you! This is a wonderful set of items that you can possibly win, but first you need to make sure your donor account is set up properly, and then donate $8.53 or multiples thereof by 10:30am PST to get a chance!
Hum along to a cooking jingle inside, outside, in the depths, or in the sky with this themed cooking set. Suit up with an apron, pot holder, towels, recipe cards, and tote. Each item has custom TotK recipe card print fabric, displaying the infamous Noble Pursuit, the apparently edible Dark Curry, and many more.
Make sure to keep an eye out for when we have our live auction today! We are going to be auctioning this beautiful clock inspired by Dune. If you'd like to get a chance to bid on this, please make sure your donor account is up to date, connected to your twitch account, and closely follow the instructions of our lovely mods in chat! We will begin right around 10am PST, so stick around and make sure to get your bidding fingers ready!
Enter the vast universe of Frank Herbert's Dune with this dramatic timepiece. In the center is the planet Arakkis - "Dune" - the source of the mystic orange spice melange. Ringing it is a coded Fremen desert prayer. Above and below are the two moons with the shape of a hand on the larger and the smaller bearing the shadow of the desert mouse muad'dib. Around, in a field of black space, are the blades of the crysknife. Made from the tooth of the sandworm, they are engraved with swirling lines of the endless desert. The outer edge reflects the golden path of the Kwisatz Haderach and a future that walks the razor's edge to humanity's survival.
The hour hand shows Houses Atreides and Harkonnen who vie for control of Dune. The minute hand is the poison gom jabbar needle of the Bene Gesserit who seek to bend the future to their own will.
Made from materials including myrtle, rosewood, and hand-torched red oak, this clock has been meticulously finished and sealed to last perhaps even to the year 10,191. It measures ~15.5"W x 2"d, hangs flush on any wall, and its silent movement is powered by one AA battery.
As the clock continues to tick, we have more silent auctions for you to check out! Keep in mind both of these end at 10am PST, so don't let them pass you by if you're interested!
First up we have the Sweet Dreams Kirby Quilt! They're pink, they're round and they're shaped like a friend. Who else could this describe but our friend Kirby! With this quilt you too can join them on a sweet and sleepy cruise through the skies of Dreamland.
Next is a Night in the Woods Celestial Hoop! When the nights turn crisp and dark earlier and earlier, it is easier to look up at the night sky and recognize the patterns among the stars. And let's be completely real - if we started over today, we might see a fire breathing pope constellation because that is cool as hell.
Do you love both Disco Elysium's deep and insightful storytelling, and also looking into your own self with tarot decks and readings?
Then this giveaway is perfect for you! Just donate $7.78 (or multiples thereof) by 8:30am PST for a chance to win!!
The Disco Elysium Tarot is a 78-card tarot deck (56 Minor Arcana in 4 suits and 22 Major Arcana), printed letterpress from handset type and linoleum blocks. The interpretive meaning of each card is represented on its face with a quote from Disco Elysium’s dialogue, skill checks, or Thought Cabinet. Do Harry Du Bois’ internal workings give good advice? Accurate prognostication? The cards give what they get. "You were just talking to yourself. That’s all you ever do."
Thanks to another one of our wonderful sponsors, PubNub! They continue to help us be able to run our bus and keeping it looking beautiful and running smooth!
PubNub is a developer API platform that powers the real-time infrastructure in apps to build engaging Virtual Spaces where online communities can truly connect.
PubNub serves as the foundation for online chat, live events, geolocation, remote IoT control, and real-time updates across thousands of organizations in a wide range of industries—all at a massive, global scale. Notable companies like Adobe, Atlassian, DocuSign, TicketMaster, and RingCentral rely on PubNub’s platform and global infrastructure to power their platforms and applications.
Thanks to everyone out there who donated prior to the run, we are getting a record DJ set from our own James Turner! But his budding career is missing one crucial thing: A logo! So what we want from you, dear viewer, is to create us a beautiful logo for DJ TurnLRR, the newest and hottest DJ in town!
If you make us the best logo, then you will get your choice of any sized Unisex DB shirt for this year!
Just make sure to email it to contest@desertbus.org (contests@desertbus.org also works) with the subject line "DJ TurnLRR". Please have it be a JPG/PNG/generally "image" based image (I'm not some computer genius, you get me right?) And you have until 10:45am PST to get your submission in!!
