# Calling All Texas Pinball Festival Exhibitors!

**Source:** Cary Hardy  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2018-12-04  
**Duration:** 6m 52s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CX9KVcPsXM

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## Analysis

Kerry Hardy produces a promotional video directed at current and prospective exhibitors for Texas Pinball Festival, emphasizing the community benefits of bringing machines to the show and detailing the perks available to exhibitors including free passes, early entry, an exhibitor-only after-party, challenge coins, raffle entries, and swag bags. Hardy encourages fence-sitters to register as exhibitors via TexasPinball.com and notes that 2026 (referenced as '2019' in the video, likely a dating error) will be the biggest TPF yet, with Deep Root Pinball sponsoring the exhibitor goodie bag.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Texas Pinball Festival is one of if not the biggest pinball show of the year — _Opening statement establishing TPF's significance in the pinball calendar_
- [HIGH] Exhibitors get free weekend passes for every machine brought to the show — _Explicitly stated benefit: 'For every machine that you bring, you get a free pass to enjoy the whole weekend'_
- [MEDIUM] Exhibitor-only after-party runs until 1-2 AM on Saturday night — _Hardy states 'This goes on until 1, I want to say even 2 o'clock in the morning we've done this' — slightly uncertain phrasing_
- [HIGH] Deep Root Pinball sponsors the exhibitor goodie bag annually — _Stated directly: 'deep root pinball will be sponsoring this goodie bag for us exhibitors'_
- [HIGH] Black t-shirts sell out by the second day of the festival — _Hardy notes pattern: 'black tends to go fast, and it's always sold out by the second day'_

### Notable Quotes

> "This show is for us, exhibitors. This is our show. We made this happen."
> — **Kerry Hardy**, ~1:00
> _Core messaging to exhibitors about ownership and community agency_

> "Pinball is something that we are so passionate about that we get so much of a dopamine hit when we see others enjoying our machines."
> — **Kerry Hardy**, ~2:15
> _Articulates emotional reward of exhibiting beyond material perks_

> "I was scared my first time as well, but ever since then, it is something that I look forward to every year."
> — **Kerry Hardy**, ~1:45
> _Personal testimony to address exhibitor hesitation and fear of first-time participation_

> "I can tell you right now knowing what i know this coming year is going to be the biggest and best Texas Pinball Festival yet."
> — **Kerry Hardy**, ~6:30
> _Insider enthusiasm suggesting growth and momentum for the event_

> "I want show organizers and setup volunteers sweating trying to figure out what they're going to do with all these machines."
> — **Kerry Hardy**, ~7:30
> _Humorously expresses goal of maximum exhibitor participation_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Kerry Hardy | person | Pinball content creator and exhibitor at Texas Pinball Festival; creator of this promotional video; growing YouTube presence |
| Texas Pinball Festival | event | Major annual pinball tournament and expo held in Texas; characterized as one of the biggest pinball shows of the year; has exhibitor program with perks |
| Deep Root Pinball | organization | Sponsors the exhibitor goodie bag at Texas Pinball Festival; recurring sponsor of exhibitor perks |
| TexasPinball.com | organization | Official website for Texas Pinball Festival where exhibitors register and can purchase merchandise |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Exhibitor recruitment and retention, Community engagement and shared passion, Event logistics and perks, Texas Pinball Festival operations
- **Secondary:** Merchandise and t-shirt sales/inventory

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.92) — Consistently enthusiastic and encouraging tone throughout; celebrates the exhibitor community, emphasizes rewards and perks, expresses genuine passion for the hobby and the event

### Signals

- **[event_signal]** Texas Pinball Festival positioned as exhibitor-centric community gathering with robust perks structure and expanding benefits year-over-year (confidence: high) — Extended discussion of exhibitor passes, after-parties, challenge coins, raffles, and swag bags; emphasis on perks 'getting better and better every year'
- **[community_signal]** Deep Root Pinball's continued sponsorship of exhibitor goodie bags demonstrates manufacturer/vendor support for TPF exhibitor program sustainability (confidence: high) — Direct statement: 'deep root pinball will be sponsoring this goodie bag for us exhibitors every year'
- **[event_signal]** Expectation of record-breaking attendance and exhibitor participation at upcoming Texas Pinball Festival (confidence: medium) — Hardy states 'this coming year is going to be the biggest and best Texas Pinball Festival yet' and expresses desire to have organizers overwhelmed by machine count
- **[market_signal]** Black t-shirt inventory management issue indicates underestimation of color-specific demand at TPF merchandise sales (confidence: high) — Hardy notes consistent pattern: 'black tends to go fast, and it's always sold out by the second day' and criticizes organizers for not increasing production

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## Transcript

 Texas Pinball Festival one of if not the biggest pinball show of the year most of you have attended the festival and a lot of you have even contributed in more ways than just one. This video is going to be directed to those people that make this show even possible. You know who you are. But more importantly, this video is directed to those that can make this show even better. so who am i talking about exhibitors hundreds of people including myself bring our pinball machines from our own personal collection for the enjoyment of thousands and something a lot of people don't even realize, even the exhibitors themselves, is that this show is for us, exhibitors. This is our show. We made this happen. Like I said at the beginning of the video, this is directed towards exhibitors but not so much current ones but as more of those that are on the fence that haven decided have yet to bring their machine or machines plural maybe you have your own collection but you just don know whether you should bring your machine or machines to the show I can tell you from personal experience that I was scared my first time as well, but ever since then, it is something that I look forward to every year. Pinball is something that we are so passionate about that we get so much of a dopamine hit when we see others enjoying our machines. This is the time of the year where fellow exhibitors get a chance to play machines that the only time we can play them is at Texas Pinball Festival. So what's holding you back? Every year the perks get better and better for us exhibitors. If you were to ask the exhibitors why they do this. the number one response will be that they enjoy sharing their collection with everyone. And the number two reason is that we get in free for the whole weekend. For every machine that you bring, you get a free pass to enjoy the whole weekend at Texas Pinball Festival. Not only do you get in free for the whole weekend, you get into the show early, you get to stay late on Saturday night for the exhibitor-only party. This is where the public is kicked out of the room and the showroom is ours. This goes on until 1, I want to say even 2 o'clock in the morning we've done this. Along with your exhibitor pass for the weekend, not only do you get the after party for Saturday, you get a challenge coin that is given to every exhibitor These things are very high quality and weight and just aesthetically look very pleasing to the eye You also get entered into the raffle for exhibitors only prizes Then a chance to win exhibitor only prizes at the award ceremony which tends to be cash and there's nothing wrong with that. They even throw in a swag bag. Now inside this swag bag is a number of objects that have yet to be named and we will probably not know what that is until it gets placed in our hand once again deep root pinball will be sponsoring this goodie bag for us exhibitors every year that i've been to this show it's getting bigger and better every year continuously on the rise and i can tell you right now knowing what i know this coming year 2019 is going to be the biggest and best Texas Pinball Festival yet. So I want those of you that are on the fence for being an exhibitor to get on the other side of the fence and join us fellow exhibitors in bringing our machines to the show. I want show organizers and setup volunteers sweating trying to figure out what they're going to do with all these machines. And of course, it's always a pleasure to meet fellow exhibitors to talk about this hobby and go back and forth with stories of our own. So how do you become an exhibitor? head to TexasPinball.com. Once you're at TexasPinball.com, click on the pre-register button right here. Click here to pre-register and order merchandise. Scroll down until John Youssi Exhibitor Pass. Fill out the following information, your name and information about the machine that you are bringing, and click Add to Bag Then go to your checkout and complete your checkout An Exhibitor Pass is completely free will not cost you anything and then you will be added to the game lineup That way others know what games they should and should not bring But seriously, you can bring whatever you want. But those of us sometimes judge on what machines to bring in our collection, judging by what everyone else is bringing. If you want to, you can also pre-register and buy your t-shirts now. You can choose your colors between black, royal blue, and red. Let me give you a heads up that black tends to go fast, and it's always sold out by the second day. I mean, you would think that for every year that they sell out of black that they might, like, make more to, you know, to feed that demand. I mean, seriously, guys, make more black. So once again, exhibitors, this is our show, and we want as many of you exhibitors to join us as possible. So if you're on that fence, hop on over. The water's fine. More information on Texas Pinball Festival can be found at TexasPinball.com. In the following months leading up to Texas Pinball Festival, you can expect to see more info from me. You can find me on Facebook. Feel free to check out my YouTube channel that I have just recently started to grow. And you can now even follow me on Twitter. I look forward to seeing you all at Texas Pinball Festival. That's going to be it for now, guys. Until next time, peace out.

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