Thank you for all of the theme night ideas that we definitely won't steal for next year! Okay, so we might steal them for next year. You'll just have to tune in to find out!
After some discussion, we were able to finally settle on a winner! But first? The runners up!
First, a written pitch from Catie for Groundhog Day!
- On a night where you have one or more people not onto this bit (guest?), repeat usual shift shenanigans every 60 minutes to two hours.
- Rotate the cushions, Bricksplodes, Karaoke (the same songs), and play along as if it's a normal night.
- Beej asks another stage friend then the guest for their favourite songs every time, and goes to other room to "get a guitar pick".
- Everyone else leaves room (except guest) to grab something too- Set up a puzzle of some kind to help the guest escape the timeloop
This one really got us thinking about how exactly we could make this work, so we had some real fun with it!
Next, Abbs sent us a pitch for a Barbie theme night that was only a bit threatening...
And finally, our winner! Hannah suggested a hobby exchange night, and provided this AMAZING diorama to illustrate it:
Thank you Hannah! Our shipping team will be in touch to send you your loot box winnings of....
A Desert Bus poster pack containing posters from the first ten Desert Buses! Thank you to all of our entrants, and thank you, Hannah!!
We loved Camp Zeta, we had a blast during Slumber Party Night, and now we need ideas for our next theme night!
For our creative challenge tonight, we'd like you to send us your elevator pitch for a new Zeta theme night. It can be anything that YOU think would make a great Zeta shift. Want to see Zeta go to space? Maybe you'd love to see us have Carnival? Is your dream 'Zeta gets to see the sun for once' night? Sell us on it!
Your elevator pitch could be a written plan, a diorama of the set, a power point, whatever you think gets your idea across the best. Just send your pitch to contest@desertbus.org with the subject line "Zeta Theme Night" before 5am PST for a chance to win!
This year, all of our art contest winners will receive a Desert Bus for Hope mystery loot box to be revealed on stream when we announce the winner!
For tonight's art challenge, we asked you to create a map of Desert Bus, whatever that might imply. We received a bunch of great entries, and now it's time to show them off!
Honourable mentions:
And the winner is...
Thank you to all of our intrepid cartographers. It was a pleasure to be a part of your world!
For yesterday's creative challenge, we asked you to make us a pngtuber avatar. The bounty of submissions we received made us all long to shed our corporeal forms!
Honourable mentions:
And the winner is...
Thank you all so much for your wonderful work. We'd happily be isekaied into any of these states of existence!
There are many things that Desert Bus simply could not do without, and one of those things is a gargantuan mountain of tech. That's why we're especially thankful to longtime sponsor Elgato for generously providing us with the machinery we need to keep this bus on the road!
Elgato is a world-leading provider of audiovisual technology for content creators on all video sharing platforms.
Synonymous with quality and performance, Elgato products are either state-of-the-art inventions in their own right, or reimagined technologies designed to revolutionize creative workflows. Software and firmware are frequently updated to keep producers at the cutting edge of their craft. And cross-compatibility delivers a seamless user experience that keeps evolving as the Elgato ecosystem grows.
Elgato was founded in 1999. In 2018, Corsair Gaming, Inc., acquired the brand and its employees. Based in Germany and California, Elgato distributes products in over seventy-five countries around the world.
Thank you so much, Elgato. We're beginning to suspect that you might actually be wizards!
That's right, we're still firing on all ripcords here on Night Watch!
The Night Watch Beyblade Rip-Off International started out hot and only gets hotter. That's friction, baby!
Here's what the brackets look like:
Tonight's Beybladers:
- Logan (Wriggle Kraken)
- Jordynne (Sterling Wolf // "Losing Dogs") AND Bonus Jordynne (Sting Unicorn)
- Max (Keel Shark)
- Adzy (Wand Wizard // "JunkRabbit")
- Dan (Wolf Antler)
Good luck, have fun, and don't forget your eyepro!
Desert Bus for Hope may have monsters and mythos galore, but you know what we're missing? A map! For tonight's creative challenge, we're asking you for an atlas-worthy rendering of what Desert Bus might look like as a place.
Decide what that means to you, draw it in the medium of your choice, and then submit it as a .jpg (no bigger than 1920 x 1080 p, please!) to contests@desertbus.org with subject line "Desert Bus map". The winning entrant will receive the physical manifestation of hype that is the Desert Bus loot box!
The deadline for submissions is 10:30 pm PST. We look forward to finding our place in the world!
Oozing with style, panache, and some other, secret third thing, it's Night Watch!
Between mildly endangering our eyeballs with Beyblades and turning our aging millennial guts inside out with ice cream, we're gonna have a real great time.
Giveaways:
- Fun Fungi Guys Pokemon Paintings — Ended! Amount raised: $3,488.10
- Game Over? Embroidery Set — Ended! Amount raised: $1,837.74
- Guild War's Collector's Pack — Ended! Amount raised: $6,525.68
Silent Auction:
Kingdom Hearts Organization XIII Hood — Sold! Amount raised: $1,669.69
For super extra bonus fun (which you can sing to the cadence of "Alexander Hamilton"—try it now!), we'll also be holding another art challenge tonight. Stay tuned for details!
Show the world you're not just a nobody.
You're a Nobody, with a capital N, thank you very much.
Tonight's silent offering is brought to you by crafter and confirmed somebody Kelsey Clarey, and it could be yours if you drop in with the winning bid between 6 pm and 2 am PST.
Like last year, we'll be using the Vickrey Auction system to run all of our silent auctions; check out our information post from last year to learn how that works.
Let's keep tonight simple and clean, folks. Good luck!