Desert Bus for AskLRR

[James]

For all you podcast listeners out there I thought it might be interesting for us to answer any of your Desert bus related questions during the recording of the podcast tomorrow. So if you have any tech questions or general interest questions write em down and if there is enough interest we shall answer them as best we can.

[Lorithad]

Did you have any backup power sources to continue the broadcast in the event of power loss? If so, how long would that have lasted?

How much bandwidth was used during the course of the event?

[tak197]

What parts of the event do you think that the fans missed but you didn't?

When planning a fundraiser, how do you divide responsibilities in the PLANNING stages?

[Keith K]

Any personal highlights? Anything you feel must be repeated next year?

[Cade Antilles]

What was the monetary cost of running Desert Bus? Seems like it might not be cheap.

[Arius]

What inspired you to so Desert Bus as a charity event anyway?

Have you ever wondered if you might have made a massive profit if you were doing this as a fundraiser for LRR?

Do you find yourselves more forgiving to slow paced games after a few days of DB?

[spartanhelmet]

Even though ustream works fine, are you thinking of alternatives like bittorrent streaming?

What personal achievement during the run are you bussing proud of and want to gloat over?

A little annoying having the Tila Tequila feed beating you out for that short while?

[CtMolloy]

I'm curious about the bandwidth required to run such a thing too.


How long did it take you guys to recover from DB? Do you miss it yet?

[Elaro]

What did you use to record the feed?

[branmyson]

How many of the videos you recorded will you eventually put on youtube? Personally, I would love to have everything you have put up so that I can remember the joys that were Desertbus in several months when the memory begins to fade... It would also allow me to see the many things that I missed due to schedules and sleep.

[Vash2nddonuts]

How much food did Teller buy for all of you?

[Kneuronak]

Do we get a highlights DVD?

[ThrashJazzAssassin]

I failed miserably to get my free song request in, can I hold it over till next year?

[iwashere33]

when is a DVD coming out? like a highlights reel or something.

[Longshot]

Is there any point where you start thinking it's not worth it? I remember seeing that Kathleen almost began to cry twards the end, when it was thought it was finally over, and people suddenly donated to keep you going.

[Thysane]

Roughly how many times was a technical problem encountered throughout the 5 days, and (if you can recall) what was the problem in each case?

[Mad Madam Mimm]

Are there any challenges/events you would really like to happen, or are surprised that they haven't occured yet?

[Yaxley]

How much of your memory of Desert Bus is discrete events and how much is just a total blur?

Did you get any nasty e-mails from ChipIn for crashing their system?

[Metcarfre]

What do you consider the predominant meme that emerged from this year's event?

Are you glad "Is it safe" (the origin of which, Marathon Man starring Dustin Hoffman, I've only recently discovered) did not return as a meme this year?

[cinosrA]

What I'm curious about is the rate of donations. Seeing a line graph showing time vs. money donated would be rather interesting. Especially so if prominent events such as auction times or whatnot were shown on the graph. Even better would be if all three years could be shown in such a way.

Aside from that, I'm most interested in what food you all ate to keep you moving. And also if anybody is still recovering.

[Elomin Sha]

How much does your electricity consumption go up by?

A question was asked in Desert Bus about a Desert Bus DVD, Morgan joked that one would be in the next decade due to how busy Graham would be. I'm planning a 2 week holiday in Canada next year, so I'd like to offer my services and my camera to record a highlights DVD for Desert Bus 4. Is this possible? *I'll bring food and supplies for you all*

[concupiscentcrustacean]

Each year desert bus gets better, and the donations have gotten higher. Do you feel pressure for next year? Will you be disappointed if you do not exceed this years donation total next time around?

[Cybren]

You guys know we won't judge you if you skim a little off the top for the charity auction, right?

[Evil Jim]

Favourite & least favourite challenges? Most memorable? I know I missed a lot so please elaborate.

[Evil Jim]

What I'm curious about is the rate of donations. Seeing a line graph showing time vs. money donated would be rather interesting. Especially so if prominent events such as auction times or whatnot were shown on the graph. Even better would be if all three years could be shown in such a way.

They do have some way of keeping track since several times they said "by this time last year we had only collected $X in donations." I'd like to see the stats too.