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November 14, 2014, 11:33 am
Posted by: Jordan

Soooo, that was a rather fast crash wasn’t it? Now you have born witness to the AWESOME power of THE DEVICE!!!!! You have received but a taste of the challenges that await the drivers over the run.

The device was designed by Michael Davis, who will be calling into the run Saturday evening, who will talk at length about it. We DO have a little preview for you all though.

The device interrupts the signal between the Sega CD and the controller and allows us to modify the communications between them! This allows us to add some “fun” driving effects for our poor drivers. We have revealed “Lefty” which remaps the D-Pad to the ABC Buttons and vice versa.

…The bus is reallllly easy to crash now, this should be good.

November 14, 2014, 11:17 am
Posted by: Jordan

So as you might have seen from our lovely volunteers modelling it, THE DESERT BUS SHIRT IS ALREADY PRINTED!!!!

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The lovely folks at Fangamer have outdone themselves YET AGAIN with this years Desert Bus For Hope shirt! Best bit about it? You can order it RIGHT NOW! Act fast as all the proceeds from sales of the shirt go right to Desert Bus!

November 14, 2014, 11:06 am
Posted by: Jordan

We have reached the annointed time for the chance to win the uncut sheet of Rare and Mythic Rare Magic 2015 Core Set!!! So everybody get your donor accounts ready!

For the next hour until 12 PM PST, any donation of $8.88 or multiples thereof will be entered for a chance to win this amazing sheet!

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November 14, 2014, 10:44 am
Posted by: Jordan

James has just announced what his first giveaway is going to be,

IT’S A FOIL UNCUT SHEET OF MAGIC EVERYBODY!!!!!!

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This wonderful FOIL UNCUT SHEET is of the Rare and MYTHIC RARE quality cards from the Magic 2015 Core Set.  Learn how this sheet can be yours around 11 A.M. PST when this giveaway goes live!

 

November 14, 2014, 10:05 am
Posted by: Jordan

It’s that time of year again everyone! Desert Bus for Hope 8 has officially started its journey to Las Vegas from Tucson! Come with us as we raise money for Child’s Play Charity and we hope to have you as passengers the whole way!

As you probably noticed we are now broadcasting to you from the wonderful Fort Techtoria building in downtown Victoria, lovingly given to us by Viatec! It’s a great new space that we hope to do some truly awesome things in! The first of those things that you’re going to notice is the BRAND NEW OVERLAY!!! It’s so pretty! Such information, much statistics, wow.

At the time of this writing we have broken $6000.00 before we’ve even done anything! The generosity everyone puts forward continues to blow me away year after year! Our community is consistently awesome!

Now that we’ve started let’s have everyone check out all of the amazing things your donations can get you!!!!!

Our Silent Auctions!!!!

Our Live Auctions!!!!

Our Giveaways!!!!

Let’s get the madness underway!

November 14, 2014, 10:00 am
Posted by: Kara

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James Turner

Driving: Friday, Nov 14 10am – 10pm

Driving since: 2007

Points: 25(!)

Crashes: 6

When not at Desert Bus, he can be found:
As the 6th most important member of LoadingReadyRun, James can be found honing his trombone tossing skills every Monday, Wednesday and Friday on trombonetoss.com.

He also plays video games, installs window coverings and makes internet funny videos with his friends.

Special Skills:
My ability to drive the bus and not crash while partaking in any challenge, wether it be of the mind or body, is unmatched. I’ll sing (poorly) dance (with no sense of rhythm) and act (you’ve seen me act, it’s not good) while driving, and driving well.

He’s a total geek for:
I like Magic the Gathering. Playing MtG, Watching MtG, Reading about MtG, Streaming MtG, Talking about MtG, Going to MtG Events.

I like Magic.

Magic Magic Magic.

Claim to Fame:
With 99.9% certainty, I can say that I’ve played Desert Bus more than any other human being on earth.

Biggest fear about driving for DB8:
I no longer fear the Bus, the Bus fears me.

If he was reincarnated as a fruit or vegetable he would want to be:
Durian as it has a built in defence mechanism.

Favourite Cheese:
Blue

Doesn’t want you to know he listens to:
Taylor Swift

His “moves like Jagger” are more like:
Sad White Guy

To prepare for driving the bus he is:
Tossing trombones, jamming out to 1989, building my next MtG Commander deck all while slamming back the biggest brick of Blue Cheese you ever did see.

What symbol does your superhero cape have on it?

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November 13, 2014, 5:00 pm
Posted by: Kara

Here are your drivers for Desert Bus 8!

You’ll notice that some shifts are shared. Both drivers will be present for the entirety of the shift. There are also 4 shorter shifts on Sunday to give some of our crew who have other Desert Bus work to complete during the run an opportunity to drive.

Click on each driver’s name to learn a little more about them.

Driver(s) Start Time End Time
James Friday, Nov. 14, 10:00am Friday, Nov. 14, 10:00pm
Beej Friday, Nov. 14, 10:00pm Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00am
Jer Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00am Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00pm
Ian & Johnny Saturday, Nov. 15, 10:00pm Sunday, Nov. 16, 10:00am
Kara Sunday, Nov. 16, 10:00am Sunday, Nov. 16, 1:00pm
Ashley Sunday, Nov. 16, 1:00pm Sunday, Nov. 16, 4:00pm
Liz Sunday, Nov. 16, 4:00pm Sunday, Nov. 16, 7:00pm
Ash Sunday, Nov. 16, 7:00pm Sunday, Nov. 16, 10:00pm
Alex Sunday, Nov. 16, 10:00pm Monday, Nov. 17, 10:00am
Kathleen Monday, Nov. 17, 10:00am Monday, Nov. 17, 10:00pm
Ashton Monday, Nov. 17, 10:00pm Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10:00am
Tally Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10:00am Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10:00pm
Matt & Cam Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10:00pm Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10:00am
Kate Watt Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10:00am Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10:00pm
Graham Wednesday, Nov. 19, 10:00pm Thursday, Nov. 20, 10:00am
Paul Thursday, Nov. 20, 10:00am THE END
November 10, 2014, 5:00 pm
Posted by: Kara

Chocolate Geek Treats

Donated by Cakes Cove

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Get ready to sink your teeth into something truly delicious this Desert Bus! Cakes Cove has sent a treasure trove of goodies, from Doctor Who and Star Wars pig sweeteners to mouthwatering boxes of Space Invaders chocolates and an incredibly detailed, absolutely gorgeous white chocolate Millennium Falcon. These goodies will all be up for grabs in just a few days, so tune in to win them!

We even sampled a few to make sure they were good enough for our esteemed viewers. Quality control and all that. They were delicious. We’ll try very hard not to eat them all…

Cakes Cove is a Toronto based company that puts its efforts into, as their tagline goes, “making every genre delicious.” They especially like to yummy up cakes, cookies and other confections with geek themes and imagery.

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November 9, 2014, 7:00 pm
Posted by: Blaine

A Glimpse at the Infamous Spreadsheet

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If you have been watching Desert Bus for Hope the last couple of years, you might have noticed how fast videos go up on Youtube. If you thought that there were little internet elves working away to get you the third “Africa” rendition that you missed, you’re not all wrong. The Video Strike Team, or VST, is a group of off site volunteers that work diligently throughout the run to keep a record of what events have happened, grab the video footage, and upload and edit the video for everyone’s viewing pleasure.

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November 8, 2014, 6:00 pm
Posted by: Kara

Donations are now open for Desert Bus for Hope 8!

Donate Now

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