# Calling All TPF Fans!

**Source:** Cary Hardy  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2020-03-16  
**Duration:** 2m 4s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IwaOUh8_4

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## Analysis

Kerry Hardy provides an update on the Texas Pinball Festival cancellation, explaining the financial hardship faced by showrunners due to contractual obligations (hotels, flights, vendors) that still must be paid despite the emergency closure. He outlines three ways the community can help: transferring passes to next year, purchasing merchandise from texaspinball.com, and donating via a GoFundMe page started by Melissa from Cointaker.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] TPF was cancelled due to a national state of emergency — _Kerry directly states 'TPF was cancelled' and references 'the nature of this cancellation' related to a national emergency_
- [HIGH] Showrunners face significant financial losses from unfulfilled contracts (hotels, flights, vendors) — _Kerry explicitly lists 'Hotels, flights, vendors, and a number of other contracts will still have to be fulfilled financially'_
- [HIGH] A collectible coin was planned as exclusive exhibitor swag but is now available for purchase via merch store — _Kerry states 'the collectible coin that is only available in the exhibitor swag bag that was only going to be going to the exhibitors' is now available for purchase_
- [HIGH] Melissa from Cointaker initiated a GoFundMe campaign to help TPF recover financially — _Kerry credits 'Melissa from Cointaker has taken the liberty to start a GoFundMe page'_

### Notable Quotes

> "Due to the nature of this cancellation, there has been a lot of negative repercussions that have hit the showrunners financially. Unfortunately, having a national state of emergency doesn't give them a free pass on their dues. Business bad? You pay me."
> — **Kerry Hardy**, Opening statement
> _Core message explaining why TPF needs community support despite emergency circumstances_

> "What is great about the people in this hobby is that a number of you have asked, How can we help? Great question guys."
> — **Kerry Hardy**, Mid-video
> _Sets up the three actionable ways the community can contribute_

> "With all of our efforts going towards great people and a great show, we can guarantee that TPF will come back full swinging in 2021."
> — **Kerry Hardy**, Closing
> _Commitment to TPF's return next year with community support_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Kerry Hardy | person | Pinball content creator providing community update on TPF cancellation and support mechanisms |
| Texas Pinball Festival | event | Major annual pinball tournament and exposition that was cancelled; showrunners facing financial hardship |
| Melissa | person | Cointaker representative who initiated GoFundMe campaign to support TPF recovery |
| Cointaker | company | Organization represented by Melissa; associated with coin merchandise |
| texaspinball.com | product | Merchandise store where TPF merchandise and collectible coins are available for purchase |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Event cancellation and financial impact, Community support and fundraising, Contract obligations and venue costs
- **Secondary:** Merchandise sales, Pass transfers and refund options

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.35) — Primarily empathetic and supportive tone toward TPF showrunners, acknowledging their difficult circumstances. Negative context (cancellation, financial hardship) balanced by optimistic closing and focus on actionable solutions. Community-focused messaging emphasizing collective responsibility.

### Signals

- **[business_signal]** Texas Pinball Festival facing severe financial hardship from cancelled event; contractual obligations (hotels, flights, vendors) still require payment despite emergency closure (confidence: high) — Kerry explicitly states 'Hotels, flights, vendors, and a number of other contracts will still have to be fulfilled financially' and emphasizes showrunners received no financial relief despite emergency circumstances
- **[community_signal]** Pinball community actively mobilizing to support TPF recovery through multiple mechanisms: pass transfers, merchandise purchases, and crowdfunding (confidence: high) — Kerry reports 'a number of you have asked, How can we help?' and outlines three specific support pathways including GoFundMe, merch sales, and pass transfers
- **[event_signal]** Texas Pinball Festival cancelled in what appears to be 2020 (national state of emergency); planned return for 2021 contingent on community financial support (confidence: high) — Kerry states 'With all of our efforts going towards great people and a great show, we can guarantee that TPF will come back full swinging in 2021'

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## Transcript

What's up guys, Kerry here to give you an update with Texas Pinball Festival. As most of you already know, TPF was cancelled. But what even more of you don't know is that TPF would greatly appreciate our help and understanding. Due to the nature of this cancellation, there has been a lot of negative repercussions that have hit the showrunners financially. Unfortunately, having a national state of emergency doesn't give them a free pass on their dues. Business bad? You pay me. Oh, you had a fire? You pay me. This place got hit by lightning, huh? You pay me. Hotels, flights, vendors, and a number of other contracts will still have to be fulfilled financially. There are a number of items that are still in the air for them to decide on what the next course of action will be. So please be patient with them as they work these things out. When they know something, you will know something. What is great about the people in this hobby is that a number of you have asked, How can we help? Great question guys So I here to give you the info on how you can contribute to make sure that we have a show next year and to make sure that it gonna be even better than what this year was going to be number one make the decision to transfer your pass to next year's event you can request a refund but the point of this is to help TPF number two head to Texas pinball calm and purchase the merch that was gonna be for sale at the show the items in the store are limited This includes the collectible coin that is only available in the exhibitor swag bag that was only going to be going to the exhibitors. Time to start that collection now, guys. And number three, Melissa from Cointaker has taken the liberty to start a GoFundMe page. I will put a link in the description down below on how you can contribute to the cause. Thanks, Melissa, for doing this. With all of our efforts going towards great people and a great show, we can guarantee that TPF will come back full swinging in 2021. Until next time, guys, peace out.

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*Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 94f8618d-b091-4bf4-9341-419338c1d189*