We here at Desert Bus would like to take a moment to recognize one of our very generous drink sponsors, JagaSilk. We couldn’t make it through this event without the generous support of sponsors willing to provide us with the sustenance and energy we need!

JagaSilk is a teabar, a wholesaler and a tea academy based out of Victoria, BC, Canada. They believe in beauty, balance and ethical business. This year they have generously donated an assortment of teas and kombucha to the Desert Bus crew. Yum!

From of us us here at Desert Bus for Hope, thank you, JagaSilk!

Roll20 has graciously given us a pack of 2nd edition pathfinder for their platform! They have an amazing digital tabletop system that is perfect for when you want to play with your friends but they live far away, or just because you don’t want to leave the comfort of your home!

Donate $6.40 or multiples thereof by 11:45am PST for a chance to win this lot of goodies!

Play Pathfinder with your friends, wherever they may be in the world! This pack includes access to the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Core Rulebook, the Pathfinder 2nd Edition Bestiary, and Pathfinder 2nd Edition: Fall of Plaguestone on Roll20.net. You will also receive a 1-year Roll20 Pro Account which includes 3Gb of custom asset upload storage, powerful dynamic lighting and line of sight features, and Table on Tablet support. Digital product Only.

Thank you so much PubNub for sponsoring us this year!

PubNub offers realtime infrastructure-as-a-service, and provides enterprise-grade security, 99.999% SLA-backed reliability, and global scalability to support the largest realtime deployments, all via simple APIs and 70+ SDKs. Additionally, developers can take advantage of value added features for application areas like chat, collaboration, IoT device control, and realtime updates to further accelerate build and release times.

Hello friends! Do you want a knife but not the ability to use it?! Do you love video games and pretty hand made pieces inspired by them?! Then donate $5.99 or multiples thereof by 10am for a chance to win!

Thank you so much to Vancouver Island University for helping us out this year with our tech set up.

This is a place of acknowledgement and fair access, achievement and personal attention – a special blend of a caring, nurturing environment sets VIU apart from other universities. It’s an essential ingredient for a values-based education that creates an environment balancing academic accomplishments with the goal of developing students’ social and relationship skills to last a lifetime, make a difference, and model others to do the same. In doing this, VIU is making an invaluable contribution to much stronger and healthier communities and a better world.

Today’s starting giveaway is of two plushies: Link and Zelda based on their designs from Wind Waker.

Donate $8.24 or multiples thereof until 7:40am PST for a chance at these cuties!

Did you miss Zeta tonight? We missed you! But never fear, we have highlights to catch you up!

Night Watch refused to leave until they showed an admittedly interesting bit of footage from Matt’s dash cam.

The room figured out how to create a Bladerunner-style Beej-Kahmf test:

Engineering helped out with a reading from 17776

Cameron was the horrible Goose that lives in town:

Cameron read an SCP entry for Desert Bus For [REDACTED]

The Sheriff Of Good Ideas Enters:

And as a fond farewell to tonight’s Zeta shift, Cameron learns how difficult it really is to read Fox in Socks aloud:

We have our winner!

Congratulations Quietcat! You will be receiving a Desert Bus for Hope 2019 t-shirt and a 2019 DBloon!

They included the following explanation of their gem choices:

“I did gemsonas for Cori and Cam, being Fire Opal and Hematite respectively.

For our last Donation Drive of Zeta, we have a gorgeous, hand-crafted Steven Universe Bag!

What I can tell you about this bag is that it is roomy, made from attractive fabric featuring Steven Universe characters, has a magnetic clasp, exterior zip pocket, and an adjustable strap. The front flap features Garnet and the words “I am made of love and I am stronger than you” which seems like a nice sentiment. I hope that you, a fan of Steven Universe, will enjoy this bag immensely.

Donations of $5.53 (or multiples thereof) will enter you in to win! The drive will run until 5:50am PST.

The gauntlet has been thrown, and an art contest challenge has been issued! You have been tasked with drawing members of the Zeta Shift as their Steven Universe style gem-sonas! Tonight, WE are the Crystal Gems!

For this challenge, you can choose one or more members of the Zeta shift team for your art, but you will need to justify your choice as to which gems. Let us know why you chose what you did! We’re curious!

To enter, you will need to send your art to [email protected] with the subject line “Zeta Gem-Sona Contest”. All entries need to be in .jpg or .png format, with your username as the file name. This contest will run until 5:15am PST.

What will you win, you ask? You will win a Desert Bus for Hope 2019 t-shirt, as well as a 2019 DBloon!