PAX Online 2020 - Desert Bus Panel - Advanced VST Spreadsheet
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| PAX Online 2020 - Desert Bus Panel - Day - 1 | ||||||
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| Start Time | End Time | Event Type | Description | Submitter / Auction Winner | Poster Event? | Media Link |
| 13:15 | -- | Promo | The panel was titled: "Desert Bus for Hope: How the Bus Runs" | -- | ||
| 13:15 | -- | Promo | The panel description was: "Join these fine, hand-selected, well-aged members from the Desert Bus for Hope organizing committee as they share tales of the history of the Desert Bus event, and then answer all your burning questions" | -- | ||
| 13:15 | -- | PSA | ^ This was a pre-recorded panel questions were _NOT_ taken live from chat. | -- | ||
| 13:15 | -- | Promo | The panel aired on the PAX2 twitch channel on Sunday 2020-09-13 at 13:15 PDT | -- | ||
| 13:15 | 14:11 | Video/Image | PAX Online 2020 - Desert Bus for Hope: How the Bus Runs (pre-recorded) |  | ||
| 13:15 | 13:16 | Roll Call | James (Site Project Manager and Entertainer), Andrew (Communications director), Serge (Orig. Site Volunteers, and Food Coordinator), Ashton (1/2 of the Web Tech team), Johnny (Broadcast Producer), Graham (Graphic Designer and Entertainer) | -- | ||
| 13:16 | 13:19 | Discussion | Graham explains Desert Bus for Hope, and that they've raised apx $6.1 million so far | -- | ||
| 13:19 | -- | PSA | ^ Andrew say the run will start Friday Nov. 13 2020 | -- | ||
| 13:19 | 13:23 | Discussion | How this year's event is going to work featuring Andrew and James (short answer: they don't know yet) promising weirder than normal | -- | ||
| 13:21 | -- | Meme | ^ "How do you not know what this massive event you do every year is gonna look like 2 months out" - "That's normal..." | -- | ||
| 13:22 | -- | Meme | ^^ Johnny thinks people think he works best under constant threat of panic attack. | -- | ||
| 13:23 | 13:28 | Discussion | Question: What were some of the Desert Bus plans that were closest to fruition but eventually failed? | Dared00 | -- | |
| 13:23 | -- | Discussion | ^ Serge's Answer: no regrets, because of the fluidity of Desert Bus | -- | ||
| 13:25 | -- | Discussion | ^ Johnny's Answer: A lot of the time you can't get broadcast goofs done / ready fast enough | -- | ||
| 13:25 | -- | Discussion | ^ James' Answer: Doing the event from an actual bus | -- | ||
| 13:27 | -- | Discussion | ^ Johnny's 2nd Answer: Sometimes the cost of doing big goofs isn't worth it, when that money could go to the charity | -- | ||
| 13:28 | -- | Discussion | ^ Andrew's answer: He's pursued a couple high-profile guests, that just didn't work out for one reason or another. | -- | ||
| 13:28 | 13:31 | Discussion | Question: The past several years you've rented out a venue separate from the Moonbase. Does this come out of LRR funds, or does someone else donate for it? | Iris_of_Ether | -- | |
| 13:28 | -- | Discussion | ^ James' Answer: DB8, DB9, DB11, DB12 (he remembers wrong it's DB8, DB9, DB12, DB13, DB11 was at the moonbase) were all donated | -- | ||
| 13:30 | -- | Discussion | ^ Graham's Answer: When something wasn't donated it came out of LRR / Bionic Trousers' funds. | -- | ||
| 13:31 | 13:37 | Discussion | What is your favorite DB moment that you were a part of but don't remember being a part of? | VoodontWoW | -- | |
| 13:32 | -- | Discussion | ^ Andrew's Answer: (Changed to: His fav moment of someone else not remembering): DB8 or DB9 Shia Labeouf song live, Alex didn't get the reference years later, claimed he wasn't there | -- | ||
| 13:33 | -- | Discussion | ^ Serge/Johnny/Andrew/Graham's Answer: Johnny on the Exercise Bike | -- | ||
| 13:34 | -- | Discussion | ^ Andrew/Graham's Answer: Mic Five | -- | ||
| 13:35 | -- | Discussion | ^ James' answer: Everyone is chained together at DB8 | -- | ||
| 13:36 | 13:40 | Discussion | Question: Is there a moment you wish you were a part of or you saw and made yourself a part of the next thing? | James | -- | |
| 13:36 | -- | Discussion | ^ James' Answer: Hamfather from last year | -- | ||
| 13:37 | -- | Discussion | ^^ Ashton's Answer (to the previous question): he FORGOT he did Sabotage lip-sync challenge at DB10 | -- | ||
| 13:38 | -- | Discussion | ^ Graham's Answer: Viewers were demanding QWERPLine at DB6, and Alex wasn't there, so Graham did his own QWOPline | -- | ||
| 13:40 | -- | Other | ^ Myspace is Andrews cat, cat is shown as proof | -- | ||
| 13:41 | 13:46 | Discussion | Outside of playing the game, is there anything that HAS TO HAPPEN or it's not Desert Bus? | Pat Baer | -- | |
| 13:41 | -- | Discussion | ^ James thinks the game is not necessary | -- | ||
| 13:42 | -- | Discussion | ^ James / Johnny / Graham think chat / the audience has to be there | -- | ||
| 13:44 | -- | Discussion | ^ Graham: Raising money for Child's Play Charity | -- | ||
| 13:45 | -- | Discussion | ^ Andrew: They've been talking about this question for weeks | -- | ||
| 13:45 | -- | Discussion | ^ Johnny thinks there's no idea that's too big or weird, and new ideas are always welcome | -- | ||
| 13:46 | 13:50 | Discussion | What is something you swear is going to happen "on of these days" during DB, that never has? | HbombandFriends | -- | |
| 13:46 | -- | Discussion | ^ James: That someone is going to come buy and drop $1million right near the end | -- | ||
| 13:47 | -- | Discussion | ^ Johnny: That someone was going to get arrested | -- | ||
| 13:48 | -- | Discussion | ^ Graham: An earthquake / natural disaster | -- | ||
| 13:48 | -- | Discussion | ^^ (everyone) Blackouts and Internet outages, and minor flooding have happened | -- | ||
| 13:50 | 13:50 | Discussion | Beej? | Nanobis | -- | |
| 13:50 | -- | Discussion | ^ (everyone) Beej? Beej... | -- | ||
| 13:50 | 13:56 | Discussion | Do you have a "passdown" procedure around shift changes, i.e. explain upcoming auctions, review the giveaways, discuss new memes generate on shift, etc.? | ExhaustedElox | -- | |
| 13:51 | -- | Discussion | ^ Andrew's Answer: Varies based on the shift | -- | ||
| 13:51 | -- | Discussion | ^^ Serge's Answer: based on the department too | -- | ||
| 13:51 | -- | Discussion | ^ Serge & James: Volunteers & Entertainers are different, the volunteers are much more structured | -- | ||
| 13:52 | -- | Discussion | ^ James' Answer: some shifts show up an hour or 2 before, Dawnguard does NOT show up more than a few min early. | -- | ||
| 13:53 | -- | Discussion | ^ Graham's Answer: he checks the sheet for the next 6 hours to see what he's responsible for, NEVER tell eachother about memes | -- | ||
| 13:54 | -- | Discussion | ^ Andrew's Answer: Alpha flight huddle before shift start | -- | ||
| 13:55 | 13:56 | Discussion | ^ Serge's Answer: Site Managers have a great hand-off because things (like food, etc) can't be bought at night | -- | ||
| 13:56 | 14:02 | Discussion | When did you realize DB was "a big deal"? | Thatguy575 | -- | |
| 13:56 | -- | Discussion | ^ Andrew already thought it was a big deal when he joined at 6, James thinks 6 was quaint | -- | ||
| 13:57 | -- | Discussion | ^ James: They didn't even know they were gonna do DB2 until 2 weeks out. | -- | ||
| 13:57 | -- | Discussion | ^ James' Real Answer: around DB5 or DB6 started to feel like a big deal, definitely DB8 when they moved to a rented space (Serge agrees with 8) | -- | ||
| 13:58 | -- | Discussion | ^ Graham's Answer: Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton called in to DB2, Panicking about what to do with 22k in their paypal account for DB1 | -- | ||
| 13:59 | -- | Discussion | ^ Ashton's Answer: He knew partway through DB1, it was obviously a big deal, for the outside looking in. (Johnny had the same experience) | -- | ||
| 14:00 | -- | Discussion | ^ Graham mentions Johnny was there to film Rapid Fire during DB1 and they regularly told DB1 to shut up | -- | ||
| 14:01 | -- | Discussion | ^ Andrew's Answer: CPC Dinner played a video package before he talked last year, and it was a video from a children's hospital, and he had not seen the direct impact before | -- | ||
| 14:02 | 14:07 | Discussion | Is Desert Bus still "fun" for you guys or do you see it as work you've create for yourselves every year? Is it something you look forward to and reflect back on, or just something you do because you're good at it? | Nuurgle | -- | |
| 14:03 | -- | Discussion | ^ Graham (and then everyone): Inclusive yes | -- | ||
| 14:04 | -- | Discussion | ^ Ashton's Answer: It's like a working summer camp | -- | ||
| 14:04 | -- | Discussion | ^ Johnny's Answer: It reminds him of like working at a college newspaper. | -- | ||
| 14:05 | -- | Discussion | ^ Andrew's Answer: People are free to move about and switch rolls, so that's less stressful. | -- | ||
| 14:06 | -- | Meme | ^ James made Johnny sign a contract in blood | -- | ||
| 14:07 | -- | Discussion | ^ Serge thinks that the event is big enough that anyone could step away | -- | ||
| 14:07 | Discussion | After playing this game for many years, would you do the trip for real? | Awells44 | -- | ||
| 14:08 | -- | Discussion | ^ James (and everyone else) yes | -- | ||
| 14:09 | -- | Discussion | ^ James talks about the Fangamer race from DB5 | -- | ||
| 14:09 | -- | Discussion | ^^ Graham mentions they won that race! | -- | ||
| 14:10 | -- | Shoutout | TY for all the questions. | -- | ||
| 14:10 | 14:11 | PSA | Andrew tells you where to find them. And reminds about the start date of Friday Nov. 13th | -- | ||
| 14:11 | -- | Shoutout | TY to PAX Online for putting on the event | -- | ||
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