# The Texas Pinball Festival Exhibitor Promo **Source:** Cary Hardy **Type:** video **Published:** 2020-02-11 **Duration:** 5m 11s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqvs8K1r_Ns --- ## Analysis Cary Hardy (Kerry Hardy) promotes exhibitor benefits for the Texas Pinball Festival 2020, detailing perks including free weekend passes, exhibitor-only after-hours parties, raffle prizes, Best of Show awards with cash prizes up to $500 grand champion, and curated swag bags. The video emphasizes the importance of exhibitor participation to the show's success and encourages registration at texaspinball.com. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] For every game brought as an exhibitor, you receive one free weekend pass/bracelet — _Cary Hardy directly states exhibitor benefits structure_ - [HIGH] Exhibitor-only after-hours party runs Saturday night from midnight until 2-3 AM — _Cary Hardy describes scheduled party details_ - [HIGH] Deep Root Pinball is sponsoring the event and providing raffle prizes of $100 or more — _Cary Hardy credits Deep Root Pinball as sponsor_ - [HIGH] Deep Root Pinball doubled the Best of Show Awards money to $200 per category across 13 categories, with $500 grand champion prize — _Cary Hardy announces specific prize amounts_ - [HIGH] Swag bags have limited supplies — _Cary Hardy warns registrants that swag bag supplies are limited_ ### Notable Quotes > "This show is not possible without you guys. I say you guys, but I'm one of you, so this show is not possible without us." > — **Cary Hardy**, 0:15 > _Establishes community-driven nature of Texas Pinball Festival and Hardy's role as community participant_ > "Every one of the general public is kicked out of the game room, and only us exhibitors are allowed in to play the games. This usually goes on until about 2 or sometimes even 3 o in the morning" > — **Cary Hardy**, 1:45 > _Describes exclusive exhibitor party perk structure_ > "You need to bring a game that actually works and functions throughout the show. And, of course, the general public needs to be able to play the game, so make sure the game is on free play." > — **Cary Hardy**, 3:15 > _Outlines requirements for Best of Show competition entry_ > "by all means guys this show is only as good as we make it the more of us that bring the games then the better this show can be" > — **Cary Hardy**, 7:40 > _Reinforces community responsibility and invitation to participate_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Cary Hardy | person | Host/organizer of Texas Pinball Festival 2020 exhibitor promotional video; refers to himself as Kerry Hardy and 'the Doctor'; community organizer | | Texas Pinball Festival | event | Annual pinball tournament and exhibition event; 2020 edition being promoted; registration at texaspinball.com | | Deep Root Pinball | company | Primary sponsor of Texas Pinball Festival 2020; providing raffle prizes and doubling Best of Show Awards funding | | Christopher Franchi | person | Artist whose work appears on TPF 2020 flyer card included in exhibitor swag bags; offers to sign cards | | Titan Pinball | company | Vendor providing pin wrenches as swag bag items | | The Pinball Show | organization | Podcast described by Cary Hardy as 'very good' with sticker included in swag bag | ### Topics - **Primary:** Exhibitor Benefits and Incentives, Texas Pinball Festival 2020 Organization, Best of Show Awards and Prize Structure - **Secondary:** Event Sponsorship and Community Support, Swag Bag Contents and Vendor Partnerships ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.85) — Cary Hardy uses enthusiastic, encouraging tone throughout; emphasizes benefits and community value; tone is inviting and supportive of exhibitor participation ### Signals - **[event_signal]** Texas Pinball Festival 2020 exhibitor program details community-driven event structure with after-hours networking, awards, and vendor engagement (confidence: high) — Multiple exhibitor perks designed to build community: exhibitor-only parties, raffle prizes, Best of Show awards with significant prize pools - **[community_signal]** Deep Root Pinball demonstrates financial commitment to Texas Pinball Festival through doubled awards budget and sponsorship of raffle prizes (confidence: high) — Deep Root Pinball doubled Best of Show Awards funding to $200 per category (13 categories) plus $500 grand champion; sponsoring exhibitor raffle --- ## Transcript What's up guys, Kerry Hardy here to talk to you about being an exhibitor for Texas Pinball Festival of 2020. This show is not possible without you guys. I say you guys, but I'm one of you, so this show is not possible without us. Now there are definitely perks to being an exhibitor. And every year those perks change a little bit. So, I'm going to be going over what all you're going to get by being an exhibitor and bringing a game to Texas Pinball Festival. Firstly, the thing that you're going to get is for every game you bring, you get a free pass for the weekend to Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show. So, if you bring 10 games, then you're getting 10 bracelets for the weekend. Me, typically, I'll bring at least two games. That way, I get a bracelet for me and the wife. Along with the pass for the whole weekend, you will also have access to the exhibitor-only after-hours party. This takes The Place Saturday night, starting at midnight. Every one of the general public is kicked out of the game room, and only us exhibitors are allowed in to play the games. This usually goes on until about 2 or sometimes even 3 o in the morning Another perk is that you are entered into the Exhibitor Only Raffle On Sunday during the awards they will draw names out of this raffle and there is chances for cash prizes for $100 or More Brewing Company. And this is all because of Deep Root Pinball sponsoring this event. You don't have to bring only your show pieces, guys, but if you do want to bring a game that you are definitely proud of and you think you can compete, then by all means bring it and you will also have a chance of being entered into the Best of Show Awards. Deep Root Pinball has also doubled down on the amount of mate/man that we can receive. $200 for your categories. There's 13 different categories. And you have the $500 cash reward for the Grand Champion Arcade Prize. But by all means, guys, there are rules to this. You need to bring a game that actually works and functions throughout Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show. And, of course, the general public needs to be able to play the game, so make sure the game is on Rain City Free Play. Now, of course, you're also going to be getting a swag bag. So what all comes in this swag bag? Here you go. And here is your TPF 2020 swag bag. Inside this bag, you will find the TPF 2020 flyer card with Chris Franchiart. Chris will actually sign this for free A variety of stickers will be in this bag including a Texas Pinball Festival Pinball ER's Elite Restorations, The Super The Super Awesome Pinball Show Show, very good podcast, I highly recommend it, a Kerry Hardy logo sticker, Deep Root Pinball, Texas Pinball Festival 2020 logo sticker, a thank you card from Deep Root Pinball, an 8 gigabyte USB drive for keeping your games up to date, hand sanitizer because we want everyone to stay healthy out there a cool pin wrench from titan pinball very handy tool safecracker keychain now this is an actual mint but the coins were too thin to keep so they made them into key rings a lapel pin for texas pinball festival and one of my favorite items is the collectible coin this is a Heavy Brewing duty coin guys i even have my own collection that i gone from being an exhibitor over the years i love these things and by all means guys this show is only as good as we make it the More Brewing Company of us that bring the games then the Bob Betor this show can be so i highly encourage you rain or shine to get these games to Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show. You can register right now on texaspinball.incomplete word/cut-off transcript ending. You don't have to register today. You can wait till later on, but do know that the supplies for the swag bags are limited. That's going to be all, guys. Exhibitors, I look forward to seeing you all at Straight Down the Middle: a pinball show. The Doctor will be at the Texas Pinball Festival. Exterminate! _(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 34eb4dbd-d561-4dc2-b2e3-1a3c2bb677f2*