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The 14th annual [[Desert Bus for Hope]], '''Desert Bus for Hope 2020''', will start at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th Friday, the 13th] of November 2020.[https://twitter.com/DesertBus/status/1286016159209287681]
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[[File:Desert Bus 2020 logo.png|200px|thumb|right|Desert Bus 2020 logo]]
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The 14th annual [[Desert Bus for Hope]], '''Desert Bus for Hope 2020''', started at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th Friday, the 13th] of November 2020 [https://twitter.com/DesertBus/status/1286016159209287681]. The run lasted 164 hours and raised over 987 000 USD.
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Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event abandoned its usual everybody-in-one-room approach; instead, it brought together people broadcasting from a variety of locations.
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Each of the four shifts was a separate production with its own engineering team. Each drove its own bus, which was run as a cloud emulation of a Sega CD system. The game run was suspended at the end of each shift, and picked up again at the start of that shift the next day.
  
 
=Drivers=
 
=Drivers=
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All shifts (except the starting and ending shifts) are 6 hours long, at least officially. Times below are in 24-hour time format, set to Pacific Standard Time. The stats below ignore shifts starting late for purposes of tracking donations; bus stats follow which cloud-based bus is being driven.
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==Stats==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Shift !! Shift Start (PST) !! Total Money Raised During Shift !! Avg. Donations Per Minute !! Points Earned !! Bus Crashes !! Bus Stops !! Driver Name
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|  || Pre-Desert Bus || $23,205.00 raised beforehand 
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| style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight ''(8 hours)'' || November 13 @ 10:00 || $61,194.29 raised during shift || $127.48 per minute || 0 points || 4 crashes || 1 stop || style="background:#ffcccc" | Cloud (*), Squal, Vivi, Yuna
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|-
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| style="background:#ccccff" | Night Watch || November 13 @ 18:00 || $16,100.71 raised during shift || $44.72 per minute || 0 points || 3 crashes || 2 stops || style="background:#ccccff" | Sora, Roxas (*), Ichiban
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| style="background:#cc99ff" | Zeta Shift || November 14 @ 0:00 || $15,113.48 raised during shift || $41.98 per minute || 0 points || 1 crash || 0 stops || style="background:#cc99ff" | Bocko, Marge
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|-
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| style="background:#ffffcc" rowspan=2 | Dawn Guard || rowspan=2 | November 14 @ 6:00 || rowspan=2 | $26,580.48 raised during shift || rowspan=2 | $73.83 per minute || rowspan=2 | 0 points || rowspan=2 | 4 crashes || rowspan=2 | 1 stop || style="background:#cc99ff" | ''(on Zeta bus)'' Marge, Grant, Gramt, Buseth
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| style="background:#ffffcc" | Grant
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|-
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| style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight || November 14 @ 12:00 || $39,897.04 raised during shift || $110.83 per minute || 0 points || 0 crashes || 0 stops || style="background:#ffcccc" | Yuna
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| style="background:#ccccff" | Night Watch || November 14 @ 18:00 || $27,960.90 raised during shift || $77.67 per minute || 0 points || 3 crashes || 2 stops || style="background:#ccccff" | Ichiban, Xion, Radracer, Belopa <!-- Dix's Log adds one crash for Night Watch allegedly crashing Alpha Flight's Yuna offscreen, when they had to switch engineering teams. We've since learned that the bus crashing post-shift is expected behavior; they restore to a save state at the start of the shift. -->
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| style="background:#cc99ff" | Zeta Shift || November 15 @ 0:00 || $15,002.50 raised during shift || $41.67 per minute || 0 points || 2 crashes || 2 stops || style="background:#cc99ff" | Buseth, Greenja, Blase
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| style="background:#ffffcc" | Dawn Guard || November 15 @ 6:00 || $20,399.99 raised during shift || $56.67 per minute || 0 points || 4 crashes || 0 stops || style="background:#ffffcc" | Grant (x3), James
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| style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight || November 15 @ 12:00 || $26,574.35 raised during shift || $73.82 per minute || 0 points || 1 crash || 0 stops || style="background:#ffcccc" | Yuna, Yunie
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| style="background:#ccccff" | Night Watch || November 15 @ 18:00 || $48,001.26 raised during shift || $133.34 per minute || 0 points || X crashes || 4 stops || style="background:#ccccff" | Belopa, Cocko (x2), Chrono
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| style="background:#cc99ff" | Zeta Shift || November 16 @ 0:00 || $10,123.00 raised during shift || $28.12 per minute || 0 points || 2 crashes || 0 stops || style="background:#cc99ff" | Dawngus, Bread, TPSquare
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| style="background:#ffffcc" | Dawn Guard || November 16 @ 6:00 || $24,917.48 raised during shift || $69.22 per minute || 0 points || 0 crashes || 1 stop || style="background:#ffffcc" | James
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| style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight || November 16 @ 12:00 || $16,002.10 raised during shift || $44.45 per minute || 1 point || 1 crash || 0 stops || style="background:#ffcccc" | Yunie, Shantoto
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| style="background:#ccccff" | Night Watch || November 16 @ 18:00 || $31,072.53 raised during shift || $86.31 per minute || 1 point || 0 crashes || 1 stop || style="background:#ccccff" | Chrono
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| style="background:#cc99ff" | Zeta Shift || November 17 @ 0:00 || $14,914.74 raised during shift || $41.43 per minute || 1 point || 0 crashes || 0 stops || style="background:#cc99ff" | TPSquare
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| style="background:#ffffcc" | Dawn Guard || November 17 @ 6:00 || $30,417.45 raised during shift || $84.49 per minute || 0 points || 1 crash || 2 stops || style="background:#ffffcc" | James, History
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| style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight || November 17 @ 12:00 || $33,799.97 raised during shift || $93.89 per minute || 0 points || 3 crashes || 0 stops || style="background:#ffcccc" | Shantoto, Fran, Claire (x2)
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| style="background:#ccccff" | Night Watch || November 17 @ 18:00 || $23,783.23 raised during shift || $66.06 per minute || 0 points || X crashes || 4 stops || style="background:#ccccff" | Chrono, Nora, Belopa, <Blank> <!-- shift started about 25 minutes late, but I'm ignoring that for donation purposes -->
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| style="background:#cc99ff" | Zeta Shift || November 18 @ 0:00 || $10,196.35 raised during shift || $28.32 per minute || 0 points || 0 crashes || 1 stop || style="background:#cc99ff" | TPSquare
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| style="background:#ffffcc" | Dawn Guard || November 18 @ 6:00 || $XX,XXX.XX raised during shift || $XX.XX per minute || X points || X crashes || X stops || style="background:#ffffcc" | History
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<!-- | style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight || November 18 @ 12:00 || $XX,XXX.XX raised during shift || $XX.XX per minute || X points || X crashes || X stops || style="background:#ffcccc" |
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| style="background:#ccccff" | Night Watch || November 18 @ 18:00 || $XX,XXX.XX raised during shift || $XX.XX per minute || X points || X crashes || X stops || style="background:#ccccff" |
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| style="background:#cc99ff" | Zeta Shift || November 19 @ 0:00 || $XX,XXX.XX raised during shift || $XX.XX per minute || X points || X crashes || X stops || style="background:#cc99ff" |
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| style="background:#ffffcc" | Dawn Guard || November 19 @ 6:00 || $XX,XXX.XX raised during shift || $XX.XX per minute || X points || X crashes || X stops || style="background:#ffffcc" |
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|- -->
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|}
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(*) ''the driver was resurrected through save state shenanigans, so the name didn't change after a crash''<span style="color:white">{{ReleaseDate|November 13, 2020}}</span>
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<!-- I'm saving this section for later, on account of it being a pain to maintain
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Shift !! Hours Bussed !! Total Money Raised !! Avg. Donations Per Minute !! Points Earned !! Bus Crashes !! Bus Stops
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| style="border-top: 4px solid grey; background:yellow" | ''Dawn Guard Subtotal'' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | ''12 hours'' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | ''$46,980.47 raised'' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | ''$65.25 per minute'' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | ''0 points'' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | ''8 crashes'' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | ''1 stop''
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| style="background:red" | ''Alpha Flight Subtotal'' || ''20 hours'' || ''$127,665.68 raised'' || ''$106.39 per minute'' || ''0 points'' || ''5 crashes'' || ''1 stop''
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| style="color:white; background:blue" | ''Night Watch Subtotal'' || ''12 hours'' || ''$44,061.07 raised'' || ''$61.20 per minute'' || ''0 points'' || ''6 crashes'' || ''4 stops''
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| style="color:white; background:rebeccapurple" | ''Zeta Shift Subtotal'' || ''12 hours'' || ''$30,115.98 raised'' || ''$41.83 per minute'' || ''0 points'' || ''3 crashes'' || ''2 stops''
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| style="color:white; background:#000000" | ''Omega Shift'' || ''0 hours'' || ''$XX,XXX.XX raised'' || ''$XX.XX per minute'' || ''X points'' || ''X crashes'' || ''X stops''
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|style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | '''Totals (WHILE BUSSING)''' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | '''56 hours''' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | '''$248,823.74 raised''' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | '''$74.08 per minute''' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | '''3 points<br />(high score: 1)''' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | '''22 crashes''' || style="border-top: 4px solid grey;" | '''8 stops'''
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|}
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-->
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==Rosters==
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=== Dawn Guard ===
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* [[Driver::Ashton Cummings]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Paul Saunders]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Liz Smith]] (she/her)
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* [[Driver::James Turner]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Serge Yager]] (he/him)
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=== Alpha Flight ===
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* [[Driver::Jacob Burgess]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Erika Cole]] (she/her)
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* [[Driver::Kathleen De Vere]] (she/her)
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* [[Driver::Andrew Ferguson]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Carrie Floyd]] (she/her)
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=== Night Watch ===
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* [[Driver::Jordan Hopkins]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Ian Horner]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Graham Stark]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Ben Ulmer]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Matt Wiggins]] (he/him)
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=== Zeta Shift ===
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* [[Driver::Brendan "Beej" Dery]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Heather Dery]] (she/they)
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* [[Driver::Coriander Dickinson]] (she/her)
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* [[Driver::Cameron Lauder]] (he/him)
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* [[Driver::Molly Lewis]] (she/her)
  
 
=The Desert Bus for Hope 2020 Team=
 
=The Desert Bus for Hope 2020 Team=
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=== Organizers ===
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* [[Communications Director::Andrew Ferguson]][[Entertainer::Andrew Ferguson| ]]
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* [[Web Tech Lead::Ashton Cummings]][[Entertainer::Ashton Cummings | ]]
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* [[Merch Coordinator::Brendan "Beej" Dery]][[Entertainer::Brendan "Beej" Dery| ]]
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* [[Event Organizer::Chris Gamble]][[Web Tech::Chris Gamble| ]]
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* [[Shipping & Prizes Coordinator::Erika Cole]][[Entertainer::Erika Cole| ]]
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* [[Graphic Designer::Graham Stark]][[Entertainer::Graham Stark| ]]
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* [[Event Organizer::Ian Horner]][[Entertainer::Ian Horner| ]]
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* [[Project Manager::James Turner]][[Entertainer::James Turner| ]]
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* [[Broadcast Producer::Johnny Blakeborough]]
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* [[Volunteer Coordinator::Kathleen De Vere]][[Entertainer::Kathleen De Vere| ]]
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* [[Special Guest Coordinator::Matt Wiggins]][[Entertainer::Matt Wiggins| ]]
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* [[Event Organizer::Paul Saunders]][[Entertainer::Paul Saunders| ]]
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* [[Event Manager::Serge Yager]][[Nomordinator::Serge Yager| ]][[Entertainer::Serge Yager| ]]
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=== Volunteers ===
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* [[Broadcast::Alaina Boomer]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Alex Eastveld]]
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* [[Shipping & Prizes::Alex Mueller]]
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* [[Shipping & Prizes::Alister McVeigh]]
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* [[Shipping & Prizes::Ashley Turner]]
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* [[Entertainer::Ben Ulmer]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Brett Johnson]]
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* [[Entertainer::Cameron Lauder]]
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* [[Entertainer::Carrie Floyd]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Colin Benjamin]]
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* [[Entertainer::Coriander Dickinson]]
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* [[Broadcast::Cory McElrea]]
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* [[Public Relations::Dan Wu]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Emily Jarrett]]
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* [[Entertainer::Heather Dery]]
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* [[Entertainer::Jacob Burgess]]
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* [[Broadcast::Jason Chinnock]]
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* [[Shipping & Prizes::Jo Stinson]]
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* [[Broadcast::Joe Trollo]][[Web Tech::Joe Trollo| ]]
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* [[Broadcast::Jon/Jen Carling]]
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* [[Entertainer::Jordan Hopkins]]
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* [[Communications::Juliana Cooper]]
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* [[Communications::Kelly Voorhaar]]
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* [[Photographer::Kolin Toney]]
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* [[Entertainer::Liz Smith]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Logan Wiltse]]
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* [[Broadcast::Martin Pittenauer]]
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* [[Stage Friend::Matt Griffiths]]
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* [[Communications::Matthews]]
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* [[Stage Friend::Max Loy]]
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* [[Web Tech::Mike Buland]]
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* [[Entertainer::Molly Lewis]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Morgan Llewellyn]]
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* [[Communications::Nina Scott]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Paxton Grill]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Peter Smit]]
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* [[Communications::PJ Martin]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Rek Feldman]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Rob Machen]]
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* [[Web Tech::Sara Chicazul]]
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* [[Broadcast::Sarah Mendiola]]
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* [[Site Volunteers::Sarah Toney]]
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* [[Broadcast::Shawn Morford]]
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* [[Communications::Az Martin]]
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* [[Communications::Taylor Quinn]] (TQ)
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* [[Broadcast::Thomas Ourada]]
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* [[Communications::Tim Lindvall]][[Web Tech::Tim Lindvall| ]]
  
 
=Guests=
 
=Guests=
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===Call-Ins and Short Visits===
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! Guest / Website !! Best Known for !! Call-in time (all times 24hr PST) !! Video
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| [https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/ The Seattle Garages] || Blaseball Band || November 15 @ 14:00 (Sunday) ||
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| [http://childsplaycharity.org/ Erick Blandin] || Child's Play Program Director || November 15 @ 16:00 (Sunday) ||
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===Shift-Length Visitors===
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! Guest / Website !! Best Known for !! Shift(s)
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| [https://www.youtube.com/filmjoy Mikey Neumann] || Youtuber || style="background:#ffffcc" | Dawn Guard: Monday and Tuesday
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| [https://twitter.com/alisontheperson Alison Luhrs] || Improviser || style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight: Monday
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| [https://youtube.com/c/Madelaide Madeleine Suddaby] || Singer, Dancer, Actor, Animal Crosser || style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight: Tuesday and Wednesday
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| [http://andrewcownden.com/ Andrew Cownden] || Actor. Writer. Mostly Harmless. || style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight: Tuesday and Wednesday
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| [http://childsplaycharity.org/ Tabitha "Tabby" Sheehan] || Community Program Coordinator, Child's Play || style="background:#ccccff" | Night Watch: Tuesday and Wednesday
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| [http://thedoubleclicks.com/ Laser (from the Doubleclicks!)] || Musician, Songwriter || style="background:#ffffcc" | Dawn Guard: Wednesday and Thursday
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| [http://penny-arcade.com/ Jerry Holkins] || Writer || style="background:#ffcccc" | Alpha Flight: Thursday
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=Milestones=
 
=Milestones=
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=Notable Events and Memes=
 
=Notable Events and Memes=
  
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On Sept. 26, '''Rustproof Bee Shed''', definitely not a Desert Bus test stream, aired for about six hours on the LRR Twitch channel, spanning two shifts: Beta Flight and Dusk Guard. During that time, it raised $11,759.90 for Trans Lifeline. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Kahs1vsBg Video]) [https://twitter.com/loadingreadyrun/status/1310080990883110913]
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On Sept. 26, '''Rustproof Bee Shed''', definitely not a Desert Bus test stream, aired for about six hours on the LRR Twitch channel, spanning two shifts: Beta Flight and Dusk Guard. During that time, [https://twitter.com/loadingreadyrun/status/1310080990883110913 it raised $11,759.90] for Trans Lifeline. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Kahs1vsBg]
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'''The Button''' this year consists of a virtual (software) button that triggers a mechanical finger pushing an actual physical button, which in turn triggers a Random Dance Party. [https://youtu.be/OWDOl3VXkSQ]
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The usual behind-the-scenes photography by Kolin is impossible this time around. Instead, participants are taking their own photos, and they're soliciting photos from viewers. Those can be submitted at https://yourphotos.desertbus.org
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It was believed that the cloud bus controls mapped Z to the brake, X to the door handle, and V to the accelerator. Or, in other words, '''[Z]top, e[X]it, and [V]room'''. It was later determined that Z and X had the opposite of those functions.
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Night Watch kicked off with a news report every night.
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Ben did a reading from ''Escape from Tenopia #2: Trapped in the Sea Kingdom'', by Edward Packard, the OG Choose Your Own Adventure writer who lost the trademark. On page 13, you encounter '''Belopa'''. He's a pelephin, a telepathic dolphin-like creature. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z--0fYgHdds] Garbled news of Belopa rapidly spread to the other shifts.
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===Coffee Pong===
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James and Serge once again had a series of Coffee Pong matches during Dawn Guard. Each day's was conducted in a different manner.
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*'''Match 1''' (Nov. 14): They played the video game Pong. [https://youtu.be/k7mmtfySFGQ Serge won (6–4).]
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*'''Match 2''' (Nov. 15): They played Coffee Pong in Minecraft. [https://youtu.be/VcaGrJvtH3c James won (6–4).]
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*'''Match 3''' (Nov. 16): They played with actual Ping Pong balls and mugs in their respective homes. [https://youtu.be/YBEyzcDMCRI Serge won (3–1).]
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*'''Match 4''' (Nov. 17): They returned to Minecraft, with added complications. [https://youtu.be/FthJo80tbf8 James won (4–2).]
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*'''Match 5''' (Nov. 18): In Minecraft once more time, under the watchful eyes of Belopa. [https://youtu.be/z24b5Gd7gT4 Serge won (7–6).]
  
 
=Craft-Along Participants=
 
=Craft-Along Participants=
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*'''aiamethyst''' [https://twitter.com/aiamethyst (Twitter)] — Planeswalker Stained Glass Quilt
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*'''Amy Michaud''' [https://www.instagram.com/bringerofspiders (Instagram)] [https://etsy.com/shop/SheepAndSundry (Etsy)] — Creepy Doll & Spoopifer Scarf
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*'''Amy Wiles''' [https://www.ravelry.com/people/amwiles (Ravelry)] [https://twitter.com/amwiles (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/amwiles (Instagram)] [https://etsy.com/shop/CelticGeekCrafts (Etsy)] — Shift Scarf
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*'''Anisarian's Shade''' [https://www.teepublic.com/user/anisariansshade (TeePublic)] [https://twitter.com/AnisariansShade (Twitter)] [https://www.facebook.com/raggybearworkshop (Facebook)] [https://www.instagram.com/raggybearworkshop (Instagram)] [https://etsy.com/shop/RaggyBearWorkshop (Etsy)] — Desert Bus Shift Mascot Bears
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*'''Annabel Lewis (feathertail38)''' [https://twitter.com/feathertail38 (Twitter)] — Pelican Town Map
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*'''Bea Mandel''' [https://www.instagram.com/QuiltingByBea (Instagram)] — Animal Crossing Inspired Quilt
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*'''BlueChloroplast''' — Needle Felted Doomabelle
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*'''BuildTheBird''' [https://twitter.com/buildthebird (Twitter)] — Spirit Pepe Night Light
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*'''Caffeinated Kitty''' [https://twitter.com/Wizardly_Kitty (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/wizardly_kitty (Instagram)] — Hand Drawn Hyrule Map
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*'''Carrie Emmerich''' [http://sevenishmagpies.com/ (website)] [https://irisofether.tumblr.com/ (Tumblr)] [https://twitter.com/iris_of_ether (Twitter)] [https://etsy.com/shop/Omnibusy Etsy] — "Guardians Of The Bus" Battle Chess Set
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*'''Dillatont''' [https://dillatont.tumblr.com/ (Tumblr)] [https://twitter.com/dillatont (Twitter)] — Super Mario 64 Box-Art Cross Stitch
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*'''Eric Johnson''' [https://inkompetence.tumblr.com/ (Tumblr)] [https://twitter.com/inkompetence (Twitter)] — How To Sharpen Anything
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*'''Erin Sterling''' [https://twitter.com/Fayili (Twitter)] — Knit Piranha Plant Cowl
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*'''Fantasytiger''' [https://twitter.com/Tiger (Twitter)] — Black Lotus Pixel Art
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*'''Flailsquared''' [https://flailsquared.wordpress.com/ (WordPress)] [https://twitter.com/flailsquared (Twitter)] [https://etsy.com/shop/CubesforCats (Etsy)] — Totoro Cat Cube
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*'''Gordon McMillan''' [http://www.wanderingghost.com/ (website)] [https://twitter.com/CinnamonCyborg (Twitter)] — Pyramid Head Drawing
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*'''Jaz Thornton''' [https://twitter.com/Roverand_embr (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/Roverand.embroidery (Instagram)] — Shift Banner Floral Embroidery Set
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*'''Johanna Iles Art''' [https://www.johannailesart.co.uk/shop (website)] [https://twitter.com/iles_art (Twitter)] [https://www.facebook.com/johannailesart (Facebook)] [https://www.instagram.com/johannailesart (Instagram)] — Chocobo Sculpture
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*'''John Henderson''' [https://twitter.com/j0hnicus (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/j0hnicus (Instagram)] [https://etsy.com/shop/HooknStylus (Etsy)] — Watercolor Magic Tokens
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*'''Kaiserin''' [https://rmccullough.com/ (website)] [https://twitter.com/McCulloughEfct (Twitter)] [https://www.facebook.com/McCulloughEffect (Facebook)] [https://www.instagram.com/rhi.mccullough (Instagram)] — Weeb Clan Ukio-E Playmat
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*'''korvys''' [https://korvys.info/ (website)] [https://korvys.tumblr.com/ (Tumblr)] [https://twitter.com/korvys (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/korvys (Instagram)] [https://octodon.social/@korvys (Mastodon)] — Carved Leather MTG Deckboxes
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*'''Kuebiko Krafts''' [https://twitter.com/KuebikoKrafts (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/kuebikokrafts (Instagram)] [https://etsy.com/shop/KuebikoKrafts (Etsy)] — Animal Crossing Amigurumi Set
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*'''Laura White''' [https://www.instagram.com/micro.toad (Instagram)] — The Witcher Medallion Wall Quilt
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*'''Libby''' — Mounted Dragon Head
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*'''Lilian Young''' [https://sevenstairs.net/ (website)] [https://twitter.com/memnus (Twitter)] [https://wubrg.social/@SliverQueen (Mastodon)] — Desert Bus 2020 Deck Vault
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*'''malackey''' [https://twitter.com/malackey (Twitter)] [https://etsy.com/shop/PaperCaperz (Etsy)] — Baby Yoda
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*'''MaraSadow''' [https://twitter.com/FlintyCresent (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/greenhurstcreations (Instagram)] — Huck Embroidered Shift Tea Towels
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*'''Matty Makes''' [https://www.mattymakes.ie/ (website)] [https://twitter.com/ohlookitsMatty (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/Matty_Makes (Instagram)] [https://etsy.com/shop/RayGunsbyMattyMakes (Etsy)] — Vampire Lord LoadingReadyRun's Space-Vampire Hunter Hunting Kit
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*'''Megan Derr''' [http://www.meganderr.com/ (website)] [https://twitter.com/meganaderr (Twitter)] [https://www.facebook.com/meganaderr (Facebook)] - Blackwork Worker Bees
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*'''Michelle Kuipers''' [https://appleseeddrama.tumblr.com/ (Tumblr)] [https://twitter.com/SugarSnapPlum (Twitter)] — Water Pokémon Resin Painting
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*'''Michelle Rapp''' [https://twitter.com/kilnfiendpotter (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/kilnfiendpottery (Instagram)] — Elspeth Saga Bowl
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*'''mikialice''' [https://twitter.com/MikiAliceG (Twitter)] [https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikiAliceArt (Etsy)] — Animal Crossing Stone Pendants
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*'''Mori-neko''' [https://twitter.com/morineko (Twitter)] — Zelda-Inspired Quilt
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*'''Nerdy Penguin Crafts''' [https://www.instagram.com/nerdypenguin97 (Instagram)] — Justice League Unit
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*'''Nickie VanMeter''' [https://www.witchsoven.com/ (website)] [https://twitter.com/MeterNicole (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/MeterNicole (Instagram)] — Emrakul Kigurumi
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*'''Noy2222''' [https://twitter.com/Noy2222 (Twitter)] — Large Country In Africa - DB Feud Book
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*'''Odd Fox Laser Creations''' [https://www.facebook.com/oddfoxlasercreations (Facebook)] [https://etsy.com/shop/oddfoxlasercreations (Etsy)] — Multi-Layer Legend of Zelda Wall Clock
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*'''Orin Drake''' [http://www.reignofangels.com/jewelry/pandora/ (website)] [https://shinythingsbyorindrake.tumblr.com/ (Tumblr)] [https://twitter.com/WickedOrin (Twitter)] [https://etsy.com/shop/wickedorin (Etsy)] — Solana, Crocheted Chocobo Plush
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*'''Pixelnstitches''' [https://www.twitch.tv/pixelnstitches (Twitch)] [https://twitter.com/thegeekyquilter (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/TheGeekyQuilter (Instagram)] — Once I Wished Upon A Star Fragment
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*'''r10pez10''' — Elspeth Tirel Mosaic
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*'''rebeccajeanknits''' [https://twitter.com/rebeccajknits (Twitter)] [https://www.facebook.com/Rebecca%20Evans (Facebook)] [https://www.instagram.com/rebeccajeanknits (Instagram)] — Rotate The Shift Blanket
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*'''Sadtinypanda''' [https://twitter.com/sadtinypanda7 (Twitter)] — Shift Themed Dragon Eggs
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*'''Sam's Skunkworks''' [http://samsskunkworks.com/ (website)] [https://twitter.com/SamsSkunkworks (Twitter)] — Star Trek Prop Replicas
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*'''Sara's Fabric Arts''' [https://xuedragonsong.tumblr.com/ (Tumblr)] — Blathers In Fabric
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*'''Sarah Louttit''' [https://www.ravelry.com/projects/sarahsaurus56 (Ravelry)] [https://twitter.com/sarahsaurusRAAR (Twitter)] [https://www.instagram.com/sarahlouttit (Instagram)] — My Neighbor Totoro Blanket
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*'''Sarah Serinde''' [https://sarahserinde.tumblr.com/ (Tumblr)] [https://twitter.com/sarah_serinde (Twitter)] [https://etsy.com/shop/DaleksTeahouse (Etsy)] — Road Quest Framed Cross Stitch
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*'''Scott, Just Scott''' — The Big Bag O'Dice 2020 Edition
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*'''Sean McKee''' [https://sites.google.com/westkingdom.org/twistedtreatstrim/ (website)] [https://www.facebook.com/SMcKee4 (Facebook)] [https://www.instagram.com/sheepandsundry/ (Instagram)] — Desert Bus Shifts Lanyard
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*'''Shawn Flowers''' [https://shawn-flowers.tumblr.com/ (Tumblr)] [https://twitter.com/Scixarite_ (Twitter)] — Gotta Catch Em All Poster
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*'''ShinyCrochet''' [http://shinycrochet.com/ (website)] [https://twitter.com/ShinyCrochet (Twitter)] [https://www.facebook.com/Shiny%20Crochet (Facebook)] [https://www.instagram.com/ShinyCrochet (Instagram)] [https://etsy.com/shop/ShinyCrochet (Etsy)] — Crochet Cuddle Hobbes
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*'''The Bog Witch''' [https://twitter.com/bogwitchandsons (Twitter)] — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Coasters Set
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*'''Treo Lacquer''' [https://www.treolacquer.com/ (website)] [https://twitter.com/spiritanointed (Twitter)] [https://www.facebook.com/treolacquer (Facebook)] [https://www.instagram.com/treolacquer (Instagram)] — Desert Bus Treo #1, Desert Bus Treo #2
  
 
=Sponsors=
 
=Sponsors=
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=Related pages and multimedia=
 
=Related pages and multimedia=
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===General links and event logs===
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*[http://vst.ninja/ Video Strike Team page] — [http://vst.ninja/DB14/ VST event log] — [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16mVAyZf6q4oAszB3HzM9na6J8WsKORKgdSncefx1bf0 Google Docs version of VST event log]
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* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d7jn_ghyRiHDYjj3_1UjuZWwuez2IuryXPoDIFt8WTY/edit Dix's Log 2020]
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===Videos===
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*[https://www.youtube.com/user/DesertBusForHope/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=2 YouTube playlists from the Video Strike Team]
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===Gifs and Photos===
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*[http://greywool.com/desertbus/2020/gifs/ Automated collection of gifs posted in chat]
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:*[http://bteo.jellystyle.com/db2020 BtEtta gif collection]
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===Poster===
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*[http://greywool.com/desertbus/2020/posters.php Various versions of the poster in progress]
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*[http://vst.ninja/DB14/postermap/ Poster with YouTube links]
  
 
===Buy official merchandise!===
 
===Buy official merchandise!===
 
*[https://www.fangamer.com/products/desert-bus-2020-shirt Desert Bus 2020 shirt]
 
*[https://www.fangamer.com/products/desert-bus-2020-shirt Desert Bus 2020 shirt]
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:*[https://www.fangamer.com/products/desert-bus-2019-shirt Desert Bus 2019 shirt] (a single remaining XS shirt)
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*[https://store.loadingreadyrun.com/products/desert-bus-2020-poster Desert Bus 2020 poster]
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*[https://store.loadingreadyrun.com/products/desert-bus-2020-shift-banners-pin-set Desert Bus 2020 Shift Banners Pin Set]
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*[https://store.loadingreadyrun.com/products/desert-bus-playmat Desert Bus Shifts Playmat]
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*[https://store.loadingreadyrun.com/products/desert-bus-2019-softcover-photo-book Desert Bus 2019 Softcover Photo Book]
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===Buy unofficial merchandise: the garages===
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*[https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/merch/live-desert-bus-for-hope-tee Live @ Desert Bus for Hope Tee]
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*[https://thegarages.bandcamp.com/album/live-desert-bus-for-hope Live @ Desert Bus for Hope Digital EP]
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:(Proceeds go to Child's Play)
  
 
===Desert Bus on social media===
 
===Desert Bus on social media===
 
*[https://twitter.com/desertbus Twitter]
 
*[https://twitter.com/desertbus Twitter]
 
*[https://www.instagram.com/desertbusforhope/ Instagram]
 
*[https://www.instagram.com/desertbusforhope/ Instagram]
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===Media coverage===
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*[https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2020/11/it-still-feels-like-desert-bus-local-fundraiser-goes-virtual-during-covid-19/ ‘It still feels like Desert Bus’: Local fundraiser goes virtual during COVID-19], Tim Ford, Victoria Buzz, Nov. 12
  
 
=== Sort of related sites ===
 
=== Sort of related sites ===

Revision as of 02:51, 6 December 2020

Desert Bus 2020 logo

The 14th annual Desert Bus for Hope, Desert Bus for Hope 2020, started at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time on Friday, the 13th of November 2020 [1]. The run lasted 164 hours and raised over 987 000 USD.

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event abandoned its usual everybody-in-one-room approach; instead, it brought together people broadcasting from a variety of locations.

Each of the four shifts was a separate production with its own engineering team. Each drove its own bus, which was run as a cloud emulation of a Sega CD system. The game run was suspended at the end of each shift, and picked up again at the start of that shift the next day.

Drivers

All shifts (except the starting and ending shifts) are 6 hours long, at least officially. Times below are in 24-hour time format, set to Pacific Standard Time. The stats below ignore shifts starting late for purposes of tracking donations; bus stats follow which cloud-based bus is being driven.

Stats

Shift Shift Start (PST) Total Money Raised During Shift Avg. Donations Per Minute Points Earned Bus Crashes Bus Stops Driver Name
Pre-Desert Bus $23,205.00 raised beforehand
Alpha Flight (8 hours) November 13 @ 10:00 $61,194.29 raised during shift $127.48 per minute 0 points 4 crashes 1 stop Cloud (*), Squal, Vivi, Yuna
Night Watch November 13 @ 18:00 $16,100.71 raised during shift $44.72 per minute 0 points 3 crashes 2 stops Sora, Roxas (*), Ichiban
Zeta Shift November 14 @ 0:00 $15,113.48 raised during shift $41.98 per minute 0 points 1 crash 0 stops Bocko, Marge
Dawn Guard November 14 @ 6:00 $26,580.48 raised during shift $73.83 per minute 0 points 4 crashes 1 stop (on Zeta bus) Marge, Grant, Gramt, Buseth
Grant
Alpha Flight November 14 @ 12:00 $39,897.04 raised during shift $110.83 per minute 0 points 0 crashes 0 stops Yuna
Night Watch November 14 @ 18:00 $27,960.90 raised during shift $77.67 per minute 0 points 3 crashes 2 stops Ichiban, Xion, Radracer, Belopa
Zeta Shift November 15 @ 0:00 $15,002.50 raised during shift $41.67 per minute 0 points 2 crashes 2 stops Buseth, Greenja, Blase
Dawn Guard November 15 @ 6:00 $20,399.99 raised during shift $56.67 per minute 0 points 4 crashes 0 stops Grant (x3), James
Alpha Flight November 15 @ 12:00 $26,574.35 raised during shift $73.82 per minute 0 points 1 crash 0 stops Yuna, Yunie
Night Watch November 15 @ 18:00 $48,001.26 raised during shift $133.34 per minute 0 points X crashes 4 stops Belopa, Cocko (x2), Chrono
Zeta Shift November 16 @ 0:00 $10,123.00 raised during shift $28.12 per minute 0 points 2 crashes 0 stops Dawngus, Bread, TPSquare
Dawn Guard November 16 @ 6:00 $24,917.48 raised during shift $69.22 per minute 0 points 0 crashes 1 stop James
Alpha Flight November 16 @ 12:00 $16,002.10 raised during shift $44.45 per minute 1 point 1 crash 0 stops Yunie, Shantoto
Night Watch November 16 @ 18:00 $31,072.53 raised during shift $86.31 per minute 1 point 0 crashes 1 stop Chrono
Zeta Shift November 17 @ 0:00 $14,914.74 raised during shift $41.43 per minute 1 point 0 crashes 0 stops TPSquare
Dawn Guard November 17 @ 6:00 $30,417.45 raised during shift $84.49 per minute 0 points 1 crash 2 stops James, History
Alpha Flight November 17 @ 12:00 $33,799.97 raised during shift $93.89 per minute 0 points 3 crashes 0 stops Shantoto, Fran, Claire (x2)
Night Watch November 17 @ 18:00 $23,783.23 raised during shift $66.06 per minute 0 points X crashes 4 stops Chrono, Nora, Belopa, <Blank>
Zeta Shift November 18 @ 0:00 $10,196.35 raised during shift $28.32 per minute 0 points 0 crashes 1 stop TPSquare
Dawn Guard November 18 @ 6:00 $XX,XXX.XX raised during shift $XX.XX per minute X points X crashes X stops History

(*) the driver was resurrected through save state shenanigans, so the name didn't change after a crashDate: November 13, 2020


Rosters

Dawn Guard

Alpha Flight

Night Watch

Zeta Shift

The Desert Bus for Hope 2020 Team

Organizers

Volunteers

Guests

Call-Ins and Short Visits

Guest / Website Best Known for Call-in time (all times 24hr PST) Video
The Seattle Garages Blaseball Band November 15 @ 14:00 (Sunday)
Erick Blandin Child's Play Program Director November 15 @ 16:00 (Sunday)

Shift-Length Visitors

Guest / Website Best Known for Shift(s)
Mikey Neumann Youtuber Dawn Guard: Monday and Tuesday
Alison Luhrs Improviser Alpha Flight: Monday
Madeleine Suddaby Singer, Dancer, Actor, Animal Crosser Alpha Flight: Tuesday and Wednesday
Andrew Cownden Actor. Writer. Mostly Harmless. Alpha Flight: Tuesday and Wednesday
Tabitha "Tabby" Sheehan Community Program Coordinator, Child's Play Night Watch: Tuesday and Wednesday
Laser (from the Doubleclicks!) Musician, Songwriter Dawn Guard: Wednesday and Thursday
Jerry Holkins Writer Alpha Flight: Thursday

Milestones

Notable Events and Memes

On Sept. 26, Rustproof Bee Shed, definitely not a Desert Bus test stream, aired for about six hours on the LRR Twitch channel, spanning two shifts: Beta Flight and Dusk Guard. During that time, it raised $11,759.90 for Trans Lifeline. [2]

The Button this year consists of a virtual (software) button that triggers a mechanical finger pushing an actual physical button, which in turn triggers a Random Dance Party. [3]

The usual behind-the-scenes photography by Kolin is impossible this time around. Instead, participants are taking their own photos, and they're soliciting photos from viewers. Those can be submitted at https://yourphotos.desertbus.org

It was believed that the cloud bus controls mapped Z to the brake, X to the door handle, and V to the accelerator. Or, in other words, [Z]top, e[X]it, and [V]room. It was later determined that Z and X had the opposite of those functions.

Night Watch kicked off with a news report every night.

Ben did a reading from Escape from Tenopia #2: Trapped in the Sea Kingdom, by Edward Packard, the OG Choose Your Own Adventure writer who lost the trademark. On page 13, you encounter Belopa. He's a pelephin, a telepathic dolphin-like creature. [4] Garbled news of Belopa rapidly spread to the other shifts.

Coffee Pong

James and Serge once again had a series of Coffee Pong matches during Dawn Guard. Each day's was conducted in a different manner.

  • Match 1 (Nov. 14): They played the video game Pong. Serge won (6–4).
  • Match 2 (Nov. 15): They played Coffee Pong in Minecraft. James won (6–4).
  • Match 3 (Nov. 16): They played with actual Ping Pong balls and mugs in their respective homes. Serge won (3–1).
  • Match 4 (Nov. 17): They returned to Minecraft, with added complications. James won (4–2).
  • Match 5 (Nov. 18): In Minecraft once more time, under the watchful eyes of Belopa. Serge won (7–6).

Craft-Along Participants

Sponsors

Organising Partners

Prize Sponsors

Technical Sponsors

Related pages and multimedia

General links and event logs

Videos

Gifs and Photos

Poster

Buy official merchandise!

Buy unofficial merchandise: the garages

(Proceeds go to Child's Play)

Desert Bus on social media

Media coverage

Sort of related sites

Desert Bus for Hope
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