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{{Infobox Twitch streamer

| name = LoadingReadyRun

| channel_url channel_name = LoadingReadyRun

| years_active = 2011–present

| genre = Gaming

| followers = 109 thousand

| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality|subbox=yes

| channel_namechannel_handle = LoadingReadyRun

| years_active = 2006–present

| genre = [[Comedy]]

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'''LoadingReadyRun''', often abbreviated to '''LRR''', is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] entertainment group that produces video and audio comedy. It often covers video games, internet trends, and popular culture.

Founded in October 2003 by Graham Stark and Paul Saunders and based in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], the group's output has included sketch comedy, video game streams, panel shows, game shows, podcasts, and reality TV shows. LoadingReadyRun have also run the fundraiser Desert Bus For Hope since 2007. LoadingReadyRun produces videos and podcasts independently, and has also worked under contract with other companies, under the legal name Bionic Trousers Media.

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; How to Talk like a Pirate : Part of a fictional 1970s-style language-learning series, this video teaches the nuances of pirate speech.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/49/how-to-talk-like-a-pirate |title=How to Talk Like a Pirate |author=LoadingReadyRun |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080926023928/http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/49/how-to-talk-like-a-pirate |archive-date=26 September 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=1 October 2008}}</ref> It was released for [[International Talk Like a Pirate Day]], 2006. Subsequent Talk Like a Pirate Days have led to the video being recirculated once a year.

; Three PS3s : Posted around the release of the comparatively scarce and expensive [[PlayStation 3]], this video features Paul brazenly claiming to own "three PS3s".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sjhjFOw4Ok |title=Three PS3s |author=LoadingReadyRun |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=23 June 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140101190035/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sjhjFOw4Ok |archive-date=1 January 2014 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> The video spread quickly when it was posted to [[YouTube]], with viewers (many of whom didn't recognize the intended ironic tone) posting death threats and incensed comments as well as video parody responses. In truth, the entire crew owned zero PS3s; they borrowed two of them and the third was a hollow display model.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.loadingreadyrun.com/index.php/Three_PS3s |title=Three PS3s on LoadingReadyWiki |author=LoadingReadyWiki |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090224145901/http://wiki.loadingreadyrun.com/index.php/Three_PS3s |archive-date=24 February 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=28 January 2009}}</ref> With the launch of the [[PlayStation 4]] in 2013, Paul recorded another video, in which he now claims to have four PlayStation 4 consoles, and did so again in 2020 with the launch of the [[PlayStation 5]], claiming to own five PlayStation 5 consoles. Otherwise, the theme and tone are the same in all videos, albeit with increased complexity and production value in each successive video.

; <nowiki>Halo: The Future of Gaming</nowiki> : In preparation for the release of ''[[Halo 3]]'', LoadingReadyRun produced ''Halo: The Future of Gaming'', providing a "look back" at the impact of the ''[[Halo (video game series)|Halo]]'' [[Halo (video game series)|video game series]], and extrapolating into the future.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/228/halo-the-future-of-gaming |title=Halo: The Future of Gaming |author=LoadingReadyRun |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080912090912/http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/228/halo-the-future-of-gaming |archive-date=12 September 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=1 October 2008}}</ref> The video was one of LoadingReadyRun's most popular videos for several years.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://wiki.loadingreadyrun.com/index.php/Halo:_The_Future_of_Gaming |title=Halo: The Future of Gaming |date=16 June 2012 |access-date=13 July 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120626043011/http://wiki.loadingreadyrun.com/index.php/Halo:_The_Future_of_Gaming |archive-date=26 June 2012 |url-status=live |publisher=LoadingReadyWiki}}</ref>

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Desert Bus for Hope 2020, the 14th year of the event, was held remotely across multiple locations due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], and is notable as the first year to, due to this restriction, not use actual [[Sega CD]] or [[Sega_CD#Models|JVC X'Eye]] hardware. Instead the event utilized a [[Cloud computing|cloud-hosted]] [[Video game console emulator|emulator]] that could be passed between hosts using a web browser, a system they used again in 2021 and 2022. In 2021, Desert Bus was held in a 'hybrid' format, where half the event was in-person and half was held remotely. The event mostly returned to an in-person format for 2022, with the exception of the 12AM – 6AM 'Zeta shift', as well as all guests and some of the behind-the-scenes crew, before returning fully to an in-person format and original hardware in 2023. In 2024, the event transitioned away from original hardware to the MiSTER Pi, an at the time new-to-market low-cost variant of the [[open source]] [[FPGA]]-based [[MiSTer]] project, due to ongoing reliability and availability concerns.

The most recent event, Desert Bus for Hope 2024, was the first year to raise enough money to last for 168 hours, a full seven 24-hour days, after viewers rallied to raise the remaining approximately $120,000 needed to reach this goal within an hour and a half, making the milestone within 15 minutes of the deadline. The run ended within $100,000 of the $12 million lifetime milestone; as a result, unless this is surpassed once post-event 2024 donations are tabulated, Desert Bus 2025 is set to be the first single year to pass two lifetime million-dollar milestones.

After having been teased during Desert Bus 2024, in April of 2025 it was announced that Desert Bus would be running a smaller, 'satellite' event in the following month called 'Desert Bus Express', lasting only 24 hours and benefiting BC Cancer Foundation.<ref name=":20">{{cite web |url=https://desertbus.org/express2025/?id=67fd733c6552c100016c967f |title=Announcing Desert Bus Express! |website=Desert Bus for Hope |access-date= 24 May 2025}}</ref> The event was run remotely, using the systems developed for Desert Bus 2020.<ref name=":21">{{cite web |url=https://desertbus.org/express2025/info/about |title=About Desert Bus Express |website=Desert Bus for Hope |access-date= 24 May 2025}}</ref> Rather than donations extending the length of the event, the first $100,000 of donations were matched by an anonymous donor.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="4" | Desert Bus for Hope

|-

! Year

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| 2009

| Desert Bus 3: Desert Bus VI in Japan

| data-sort-value="140,449.68" | $140,449.68<ref name=":19">{{cite web |url=https://desertbus.org/2024/info/about |title=About Desert Bus |website=Desert Bus for Hope |access-date= 2124 NovemberMay 20212025}}</ref>

| data-sort-value="233,678.47" | $233,678.47

|-

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| 2024

| Desert Bus for Hope 2024

| data-sort-value="1,252,356690.7569" | $1,252,356690.7569<ref name=":5319">2024 end total currently unconfirmed</ref>

| data-sort-value="11,926927,760094.9690" | $11,926927,760094.96<ref name=":53" />90

|-

! colspan="3" | Running total

!$11,926927,760094.9690<ref name=":5319" />

|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="4" | Desert Bus Express

|-

! Date

! Name

! Raised (USD)

!Lifetime (USD)

|-

| May 2025

| Desert Bus Express

| data-sort-value="205,031.90" | $205,031.90<ref name=":25">{{cite web |url=https://glitch.lgbt/@[e-mail]/114570009130039032 |title=About Desert Bus |website=Desert Bus for Hope |access-date= 24 May 2025}}</ref>

| data-sort-value="205,031.90" | $205,031.90

|-

! colspan="3" | Running total

!$205,031.90

!$11,926,760.96<ref name=":53" />

|}