Are you someone who didn't download DB2020 because of the space requirement? Well, GOOD NEWS you can now get the entire event in 720p x265 for a meager 74GiB and if that's still too much the Audio Only version is only 6.8GiB! https://vst.ninja/torrents/

This morning, James, Joe, Graham, and our Anonymoose donation matcher paid a visit to the BC Cancer Foundation, ceremonial cheque in tow.

$205,069.69 is a very real number you made happen over the course of 24 hours with Desert Bus Express, and we couldn't be more grateful for your generosity.

Are you someone who likes the full archival torrents we do? Well, GOOD NEWS, the full archival (source quality) torrent for Desert Bus Express is done, seeded, and ready for you to download! This time you'll need: 98GiB of space: https://vst.ninja/extras/

Did you miss Desert Bus Express? Are you strapped for hard drive space? Well good news! The x265 720p torrent is done, seeded, ready for you to download, and only a modest 12 GiB in size! https://vst.ninja/extras/ (The archival torrent will be done SOON[tm])

Did you miss Desert Bus Express? Well good news! We have both the Audio Only (1.1GiB) and the x265 1080p (23GiB) torrents done, seeded, and ready for you to download! https://vst.ninja/extras/ (We're still working on the 720p x265 and archival torrents)

@retrosponge @Keab42 We will (of course) announce when the torrents are ready! We're actively working on them right now in fact!

We had a busy week, let's recap, [now with fixed start times]:

🎨 Craft-Along Submissions: Open now through May 27.🖌️
🚌 Desert Bus Express 2025 #DBEx2025 May 23rd, 4pm PDT. Two weeks from today!💨
🚌 Desert Bus for Hope 2025 #DB2025 November 14th, 3pm PST.🌵

Are you an acrylic artisan, proficient with paper, unmatched in upcycling, or creatively skilled in any number of alliterative ways?

GREAT NEWS: The #DB2025 Craft-Along is accepting applications for potential prizes for this year's run!

https://desertbus.org/2025/participate/craftalong

@LoadingReadyRun What does Bartleby smell like to you?

@edolnx On moderation tools, there's what you want, mods (or admins) can delete messages, users can delete their own messages (and there is a timer you can set on how long a user can edit or delete a message), admins/mods can ban users, individual users can mute other users. From the automation side, there is an absolute mountain of settings (too many to list) but you can define which rolls have access to which things. As for "link to signup" you can do that and specify how long it works for.

@edolnx @laogeodritt Ask away, we'll answer what we can.

One more thing! The Random Dance Party website is now updated to include all RDPs from DB2024! It also includes a link to both the Spotify and YouTube Music playlists for people who like that sort of thing: https://db18.randomdance.party/

For those of you out there who have been waiting for the archival torrent of the DB2024 event, it is now well seeded and available to you! For a new record of 630GiB to fill your hard drive with! ( vst.ninja ) A big thanks to the all the VST members who seed these and keep them online.

For our last post-run #DB2024 SuperCut of the year we have a very special one from ElementalAlchemist: https://youtu.be/8hZE_qjKkTI

For our 3rd post-run #DB2024 SuperCut we have The Life and Times of everyone's favorite tube: Tubert created by snowcookies: https://youtu.be/86bKuR6zMss

The second of our post-run SuperCuts of the #DB2024 run is done: 💥 Keep Talking and Nobody Bricksplodes💥 - Timelapse by @Rubik we hope you enjoy it: https://youtu.be/bGk4WhFPOGE

Our first post-run SuperCut of the #DB2024 run is here: The Desert You Bus (a compilation of the custom the more you know memes) by @ElementalAlchemist we hope you enjoy it: https://youtu.be/vWoqQA6CyMI

The 1080p x265 version of the run (for a mere 190GiB of space) is now available for you to fill your hard drive with! ( https://vst.ninja ) A big thanks to the 10 VST members who stayed on and lent CPU time to both x265 versions to make these happen so quickly this year.

Do you want all of this year's Desert Bus but don't have a lot of space? GOOD NEWS! The 720p x265 torrent of the run is available for you, at a modest 86GiB! https://vst.ninja/ (1080p x265 and archival torrents are still in-progress)

@KV1NN4 In the torrents column here: https://vst.ninja/ Just pick the year you want. "Audio Only" only goes back to 2021, but we have full run torrents all the way back to DB5 (2011) all of them are actively seeded.