Desert Bus for Hope 9
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Desert Bus for Hope 9 began on November 14th, 2015 at 10:00 AM PST. The event is being held in the Alacrity Foundation space in Victoria, otherwise known as the Lunar Module Mk. 2.
Drivers
All driving shifts are 8 hours long in 24 Hour time format set to Pacific Standard Time (aka Moonbase Standard time).
This year, the driver's name is "Daniel" throughout the run, in memory of Daniel Davis.
Driver | Shift Start (PST) | Total Money Raised During Shift | Avg. Donations Per Minute | Points Earned | Bus Crashes | Bus Stops |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Driver | Pre-Desert Bus | $6,500.00 raised beforehand | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
James | November 14 @ 10:00 | $39,254.63 raised during shift | $81.78 per minute | 0 points | 0 crashes | 0 stops |
Ian | November 14 @ 18:00 | $40,943.13 raised during shift | $85.30 per minute | 1 point | 2 crashes | 3 stops |
Andy | November 15 @ 02:00 | $17,758.10 raised during shift | $37.00 per minute | 0 points | 4 crashes | 0 stops |
Kate Watt | November 15 @ 10:00 | $20,801.82 raised during shift | $44.34 per minute | 0 points | 3 crashes | 0 stops |
Jer | November 15 @ 18:00 | $30,258.00 raised during shift | $63.04 per minute | 0 points | 1 crash | 2 stops |
Beej | November 16 @ 02:00 | $16,368.37 raised during shift | $34.10 per minute | 1 point | 0 crashes | 1 stop |
Ashton | November 16 @ 10:00 | $18,311.55 raised during shift | $38.15 per minute | 1 point | 1 crash | 0 stops |
Tara | November 16 @ 18:00 | $30,766.38 raised during shift | $64.10 per minute | 0 points | 0 crashes | 0 stops |
Matt | November 17 @ 02:00 | $15,461.92 raised during shift | $32.21 per minute | 1 point | 1 crash | 3 stops |
Ashley | November 17 @ 10:00 | $17,240.00 raised during shift | $35.92 per minute | 0 points | 0 crashes | 0 stops |
Fugi | November 17 @ 18:00 | $41,156.27 raised during shift | $85.74 per minute | 1 point | 3 crashes | 4 stops |
Cam | November 18 @ 02:00 | $24,866.27 raised during shift | $51.80 per minute | 1 point | 0 crashes | 3 stops |
Tally | November 18 @ 10:00 | $52,283.92 raised during shift | $108.92 per minute | 1 point | 0 crashes | 0 stops |
Liz | November 18 @ 18:00 | $21,138.18 raised during shift | $44.04 per minute | 0 points | 5 crashes | 0 stops |
Alex | November 19 @ 02:00 | $17,097.37 raised during shift | $35.62 per minute | 0 points | 0 crashes | 0 stops |
Kara | November 19 @ 10:00 | $20,146.12 raised during shift | $41.97 per minute | 1 point | 0 crashes | 0 stops |
Graham | November 19 @ 18:00 | $31,700.95 raised during shift | $66.04 per minute | 1 point | 1 crash | 1 stop |
Johnny | November 20 @ 02:00 | $16,608.16 raised during shift | $34.60 per minute | 1 point | 1 crash | 0 stops |
Jamie | November 20 @ 10:00 | $62,388.15 raised during shift | $129.98 per minute | 0 points | 1 crash | 0 stops |
Paul | November 20 @ 18:00 | $XX,XXX.XX raised during shift | $XX.XX per minute | 1 point | X crashes | 2 stops |
No Driver | Post-Desert Bus | $XX,XXX.XX raised afterwards | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
Totals (WHILE BUSSING) | X Hours | $XXX,XXX.XX raised | $XX.XX per minute | 11 points (High: 2) | 23 crashes | 19 stops |
The Desert Bus for Hope 9 Team
The Crew
- Alex Steacy - Event Organizer
- Ash Vickers - Event Manager
- Ashley Turner - Shipping Coordinator
- Ashton Cummings - IT Coordinator
- Brendan "Beej" Dery - Event Manager
- Graham Stark - Graphic Designer
- Ian Horner - Overlay Engineer
- James Turner - Project Manager
- Jeremy Petter - Event Organizer
- Johnny Blakeborough - Broadcast Coordinator
- Kara McLachlan - Communications Coordinator
- Kathleen De Vere - Volunteer Coordinator
- Liz Smith - Special Guest Coordinator
- Matt Wiggins - Special Guest Coordinator
- Paul Saunders - Event Organizer
- Serge Yager - Event Manager & Nomordinator
- Tally Heilke - Prizes & Sponsorship Coordinator
- Tara Theoharis - Media Relations
Volunteers
Drivers
Broadcast Team
- Ben Ulmer - Broadcast Tech
- Coriander Dickinson - Broadcast Tech & Overlay Engineer
- Jason Chinnock - Broadcast Tech
- John Bates - Broadcast Tech
- Louis Moga - Broadcast Tech & App Developer
- Sarah Mendiola - Broadcast Tech
- Thomas Ourada - Broadcast Tech
Communications Team
- Alex Ashman - Social Media
- Jordan Hopkins - Blog
- Kate Stark - Social Media
- Kelly Voorhaar - Social Media & Comms Assistant
- Mike Whitaker - Blog
- Tim Lindvall - Blog
Infrastructure & Software
- Anubis - Web Tech
- Chris "Fugiman" Gamble - Web Tech
Photographer
Public Relations
- Dan Wu - PR Assistant
Shipping Team
- Brendan "Jeeves" Baker
- Jess Bell
- Joanna Stinson
- Juliana Cooper
Site Volunteers
- Andre van Slyke
- D. Max Loy
- Graham Fielding
- Helen Cowart
- Matt Griffiths
- Paxton Grill
- Peter Fulker
- Rek Feldman
Guests
Call-ins
- Scheduled Calls
Guest / Website | Best Known for | Call-in time (all times 24hr PST) | $9 Nemesis | Video |
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Ashly Burch | Writer, Voice Actress, Content Producer | November 15th @ 11:00 (Sunday) | Batman | [1] |
Paul and Storm | Musicians | November 15 @ 17:00 (Sunday) | The ParKing / The Batman | [2] |
LeVar Burton | Actor, Director, Producer, & Speaker | November 16 @ 08:00 (Monday) | Green Lantern | [3] |
Michael Stevens | YouTube Personality (VSauce) | November 16 @ 11:30 (Monday) | "Someone who judged you based on your cleanliness." | [4] |
Mikey Neumann | Chief Creative Champion of Gearbox Software, Writer, Voice Actor, Content Producer | November 16 @ 18:30 (Monday) | Hawkeye | [5] [6] |
Jennifer Hale | Actress, Voice Actress | November 16 @ 21:30 (Monday) | Donald Trump | [7] |
Kris Straub | Writer, Web Cartoonist, Podcaster | November 17 @ 11:00 (Tuesday) | Iron Man | [8] |
Daniel Saunders | Podcaster, Writer, Vision Scientist, Brother of Awesome | November 18 @ 9:00 (Wednesday) | — | [9] |
Jimmy Wong | Actor, Musician, YouTube Personality, Podcaster | November 18 @ 11:00 (Wednesday) | Someone like Aquaman | [10] |
Mike & Tifa Robles | Former Community Manager for WotC / Former Brand Manager for MtG | November 18 @ 18:30 (Wednesday) | Tifa: Kanye West / Mike: [points at Tifa] | [11] |
The Doubleclicks | Musicians, Songwriters | November 19 @ 13:30 (Thursday) | Aubrey: The Flash / Angela: Superman | [12] |
Aaron Forsythe | Director of R&D for Magic: The Gathering | November 19 @ 18:30 (Thursday) | Squirrel Girl | [13] |
Phil Plait | Astronomer, Public Speaker, Science Evangelizer, & Author | November 20 @ 14:00 (Friday) | Cognitive Bias Man |
- Unscheduled Calls
Guest / Website | Best Known for | Call-in time (all times 24hr PST) | $9 Nemesis | Video |
---|---|---|---|---|
Penn Jillette | Magician, Desert Bus Co-Creator | November 15 @ 12:54 (Sunday) | [14] | |
Max Temkin and Friends] | Designer, Game Designer | November 20 @ 19:22 (Friday) | "maybe a True Neutral character?" | |
Penn (and Teller) | Magician, Desert Bus Co-Creator | November 20 @ 20:30 (Friday) |
Visitors
Guest / Website | Best Known for | Visit time (all times 24hr PST) | Video |
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Kathleen De Vere | LRR member | November 15th @ 14:49 (Sunday) | [15] |
Steven Dengler | Entrepreneur, Investor, and Geek | November 17th @ 17:00 (Tuesday) | |
Harrison Krix | Propmaker & Graphic Designer | November 17th @ 17:00 (Tuesday) | |
Ken "Value Added" Steacy | Comic Book Writer/Artist | November 17th @ 18:00 (Tuesday) | |
Zahra Premji | Reporter, CTV News | November 18th @ 11:43 & 17:50 (Wednesday) | [16] [17] |
Molly Lewis | Songwriter, Ukulele Player | November 19th @ 16:00 (Thursday) | [18] [19] |
Desert Bus 9 spoof titles
Spoof titles to be added here soon. Desert Bus 9 From Outer Space, maybe?
Milestones
(Times given in PST)
- Year 1 total exceeded ($22,805) - Saturday, November 14, 12:13
- $2.5m lifetime reached ($64,554) - Saturday, November 14, 22:13
- Year 2 total exceeded ($70,424) - Sunday, November 15, 1:21
- Year 3 total exceeded ($140,450) - Sunday, November 15, 20:46
- Year 4 total exceeded ($208,250) - Monday, November 16, 19:39
- $2.75m lifetime reached ($314,554) - Wednesday, November 18, 8:55
- Year 5 total exceeded ($383,125) - Wednesday, November 18, 22:22
- Year 6 total exceeded ($443,630) - Thursday, November 19, 19:27
- $500,000 reached ($500,000) - Friday, November 20, 12:08
- Year 7 total exceeded ($523,520) - Friday, November 20, 15:58
- $3.0m lifetime reached ($564,554) - Friday, November 20, 19:09
- Year 8 total exceeded ($643,243) - Friday, November 20, 20:20
Video links
Quotables
Notable Memes, Happenings, and Changes
See also the Desert Bus Lexicon
- The four time-based teams—named last year as Dawn Guard (6 AM-noon), Alpha Flight (noon-6 PM), Night Watch (6 PM-midnight), and Zeta Shift (midnight-6 AM)—now have official pennants, hung in the back of the room. (YouTube)
- "Alpha Flight" was greeted with a "CAW!" by Liz, on its first mention.
- In spite of Graham's protestation, this immediately became canon.
- The [Random Dance Party] Button, the auction starter, and The Device were combined into one unit. Naturally, this worked perfectly, and never led to the wrong function being triggered. Or not.
- The Device now talks, GlaDoS-like, announcing each effect.
- The Device has been named DAISy.
- The end of a Device effect now sometimes comes with a MST3K overlay heralding Normal View.
- Andrew loaded The Button with song clips this year. They are no longer necessarily 60 seconds long.
- Engineering played Cookie Clicker for three days as part of a challenge, before cheating to get all the achievements. Toward the end, it was calling upon about 7 GB of virtual memory, 2 GB of physical memory, and 400% of the processor power. (YouTube)
- Creepy Doll has been joined by Bill's stunt double, Frank Socrates. (YouTube)
- And, later, by the stuffed dog PresidentBarackObamaAllOneWord. (YouTube)
- Achievements apparently are no longer a thing.
- There are new couches and an office chair named "Mega," "Cynics," and ".com," after their sponsor.
- Andrew decisively won a long-running DickButt war with Kate, surprising her with a giant plush version. (YouTube)
- This year's question asked of all guests is "Nine Dollar Nemesis": if you were a supervillain, which superhero would be your nemesis?
- DAISy's "Lefty" effect appeared to be broken, effectively leading to an automatic crash. (Such a crash in Ashley's shift, when this was confirmed, was not counted against her.)
- Later in the shift, it was found that Lefty did work, but that maybe you had to push down on the D-pad really hard.
- Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity ran a surprise donation drive for three sets of everything they'd ever issued, and matched all donations. The matching payment of $27,371 immediately vaulted us over the DB8 total.
- The final stretch run of Desert Bus was coined "Omega Shift" on the final night.
And his name is...
- And his name is John Cena!
- And his name is Iron Man!
- And his name is Bob Ross!
- And his name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
- And his name is This Is CNN.
- And his name is Spartacus!
- And his name is The Law!
- And his name is "it's me, Luigi!"
- And his name is Captain Jack Sparrow!
- And his name is Commander Shepard! (male and female versions)
- And his name is Slim Shady!
- And his name is Steven Universe!
- And his name is Bill Nye, the Science Guy!
- And his name is Mario?
- And his name is Reading Rainbow!
- And his name is 2-4-6-0-1!
- And his name is Sailor Moon!
- And his name is Zoolander?
- And his name is Prince Ali!
- And his name is Liquid Snake!
- And his name is Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod!
- And his name is John Baptist Emanuel Zorg!
- And his name is Metal Gear!
- But with nothing to consider they forget my name (ame, ame, ame)
- And his name is Winnie the Pooh!
- And his name is the Crystal Gems!
- And his name is Psycho Mantis!
- And his name is Wario!
- And his name is Obi-Wan Kenobi!
- And his name is Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod!
- And his name is Lupin the Third!
- And his name is Blast Hardcheese!
- And his name is Captain Jean Luc Picard!
- And his name is The Lord! [Pulp Fiction]
Craft-Along Participants
Go to the Desert Bus crafters page to see a full list of which crafter donated what!
Aasta | Adamantine Accessories | Alexander Rodgers | Amanda EM Haynes | Amy Meister | Beamie's Buddies | Beth Larsson | Brendan Tang |
Brian Dickeson | C.M. Galdre | Carolyn G | Chemistring | Courtney Stone | Danielle Pepin | Darian Glover | Dee Staab |
DialMforMara | Eric Johnson | Erin Nix | Featherweight | Flailsquared | Fogoe | GeekyKraftyKel | Haldaraumo |
HollyberryArt | Ie Dineen | Ingrid Nordbø | J Barr | Jack Miller | Jessica Schwab | Joel Hustak | Kanitaria |
Kate "LadySephiroth" S. | Katherine Bagdasian | Katie Tasky | Katrina Keller | Kayla Riddle | Kelsey McKay | Kim Swanner | Lareina Chan |
Lovely Patches Cloth Creations | Madame Ximon | Marisha Alexander | Matty Makes | Melissa Franks | Michael Magill | Michael W. Delaney | Michelle Bilokrely |
Mirrored Line Props | Miryenne | Monique Gairns | MsSweetSatisfaction | Nicole Gustafsson | OccamsRazor | Octochan | Orin Drake |
PunkRockZoologist | Punzie | Rocky Mountain Cookies | Sarah | Sarah Brownjohn | Sarah Overall | Schala-Kitty | Scott, Just Scott |
Sean Robert | Shandi Wagner | Stephanie Martin | Steven Lauterwasser | Tania Richter | Tara Heilke | Tina Bongorno | Vaso |
briedoof | halfaringcircus | qlipoth |
Sponsors
Organizing Partners
Prize Sponsors
- Wizards of The Coast
- FanGamer
- Penny Arcade
- MegaCynics
- Valve
- Geeky Hostess
- Ken Steacy Publishing
- GSTQ Costume Replicas
- Big Punch Studios
- League of Geeks
- Tin Man Games
- Lady Planeswalkers Society
- Volpin Props
- Samurai Punk
- Doctor Geof
- Cookie Brigade
- NoScope
- Wyrmwood
- Inkworks / Unwritten RPG
- Diamond Dust Dreams
- Crossy Road
- Wander
- BlinkByte
- Legacy Books Press
- GamesRadar
- Brendan Baker
- Chris & Catherine
- Andrew Ferguson
- Samuel Henson
- Colin Lamphier
- Mikey Neumann
- SwiftAusterity
- Matt & Allison Whilden
Official Desert Bus Artist
Event Sponsors
Technical Sponsors
General links
Event logs
Gifs and photos
Poster
Apps
Buy official merchandise!
- Desert Bus 9 shirt (second run; will ship in January)
- Desert Bus 9 poster (pre-order)
- Desert Bus 8 photo book
- Bundle of DB9 poster, DB8 book, and DB9 shift pins
Unofficial merchandise (for the children!)
- Desert Bucket for Hope (original art)
Media coverage
- The most boring video game in the world returns for Desert Bus for Hope fundraiser, Camosun College Nexus, Nov. 4
- All Aboard the Desert Bus, The Escapist, Nov. 11
- Why these comedians can't stop playing the worst game in history, CNET, Nov. 13
- Watch people play 'Desert Bus' for days in the name of charity, Engadget, Nov. 14
- Desert Bus for Hope 9 underway – watch people suffer for charity, VG24/7, Nov. 16
- Players take on the Desert Bus challenge for charity, PC Gamer, Nov. 16
- How Desert Bus For Hope Turns The World’s Most Boring Video Game Into An Act Of Charity, Tech Times, Nov. 16
- The Desert Bus Live Stream Is Fundraising for Charity and Offering Awesome Gear, The Mary Sue, Nov. 17
- Watch ‘Desert Bus For Hope’ Play a Bad Game For Charity, Once Again, Wired, Nov. 17
- Gamers Raise Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars a Year by Playing the Worst Video Game Ever Made Smithsonian.Com, Nov. 18
- Victorians play 'world's most boring game' for 7 days straight, CTV News Vancouver Island, Nov. 18
- Big Picture: Boring bus game travels worldwide, Times Colonist, Nov. 20
- Desert Bus for Snorsh (parody)
- Desert Bus de l'Espoir (French marathon, inspired by DBfH but not affiliated with it, runs Nov. 20-22)