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Gambler 500 Chris Coyier

January 11, 2020

This event is so cool.

  • You buy or fix up an old car (spending ~$500, but literally nobody checks or cares). “Impractical” vehicles are kind of the vibe. Look at a Google image search for the cars.
  • There is a “rally” where you make your way to some central location (which I think is something of a mystery) by driving on as little paved roads as possible. There is no specified route. In the end, you party, but the driving is over (no dangerous redneck shit).
  • It’s got a kinda Mad Max vibe to it, except it’s clean. No drinking and driving. It helps charities. “Don’t be a dick” is the main motto.
  • A major aspect of the whole thing is that you’re cleaning up along the way. It’s a massive trash-pickup effort, the biggest of it’s kind.
  • It’s not really monetized. The rally itself is technically $40 but apparently nobody checks or cares, but the Gambler isn’t monetized in any other way.
  • You can start one wherever you want, just stay in the spirit of it and you can’t monetize it.

It’s a “bad-ass outdoor protection gang”.

I haven’t actually done it, but I’ve seen all the crazy cars around her when it’s going on. I’d love to one day.

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