Texas Pinball Festival

"And of course the big news item yesterday after all these years after all these promises After all the hyperbole after all the teases after all the five days of deeproot at TPF We got to see deeproot pinball turn on their website and share with the world what their plans are for retro atomic zombie adventure land"

"as I told Andrew Heighway many years ago when he grabbed me at TPF and yLEd at me I said Andrew all you got to do is get people their games and nothing I say matters and you know what he did he never did that"

"let me state right now I love TPF I can't wait to we all can meet again I love pinball shows for me pinball shows was never about sales it was about meeting up with people it was about purse it was about face-to-face interaction with all of you guys"

"we're definitely not going to have immunization by March when TPF is taking place why would anyone go if you're a manufacturer why would anyone of you travel there knowing the inherent risks associated with it and you best believe nobody globally globally is going to get on a plane and make their way to Texas come March"

"now I do want the shows to come back but I'm just here to tell you right now I think shows in 2021 are still a pipe dream and I don't think they're going to happen"

"I do want the shows to come back but I'm just here to tell you right now I think shows in 2021 are still a pipe dream and I don't think they're going to happen"

"think about all the money Dutch pinball spent flying around the world renting out pen houses acting like rock stars it's a lot of money to ship pinball machines from the Netherlands all the way to Texas all the way to Chicago"

"I love T.P.F. I want to go to T.P.F. but I can't see in a million years Texas pinball festival going as planned you know maybe they open it up and maybe people locally will go but there is no way people are going to be flying in from all over the country and all over the world to go to T.P.F."

"and so that doesn't happen if you don't have a lot of people traveling to T.P.F. then it makes absolutely no sense to have the TWIPYs at T.P.F. because you are not going to have anybody who's supposed to get up there and give speeches and accept their trophies at T.P.F."

"I can't see in a million years Texas pinball festival going as planned you know maybe they open it up and maybe people locally will go but there is no way people are going to be flying in from all over the country and all over the world to go to T.P.F."

"hope to see you at TPF and winning another TWIPY hope you Brenda and Bubba are well"

"part of the seismic shift that's going to happen in pinball is people are going to realize you don't need those things that you don't have the time to do your game around TPF because TPF doesn't have nearly the reach as the internet nor does pinball expo"

"for the longest time I've been covering this hobby it was like companies would wait to the pinball shows to release their new games and the shows themselves needed those new games to sort of create interest in going to those shows and so you had expo and TPF and mgc being like the three shows in which companies would wait to reveal their products at those shows"

"TPF doesn't have nearly the reach as the internet nor does pinball expo and again I think this hobby has has been small has been small minded for so long and now it's breaking out"

"There was expo or TPF, Steve. You were up there with the deeproot crew. You were up there, Steve. You had the mic. And you said just wait."

"You guys all had these smug smiles on your faces as you, as a company, as you guys slammed the other companies. You guys threw the other companies under the bus and were all smug and said, wait, you see what we got."

"So I think it was TPF like five years ago. I was talking, I was basically like just throwing out theme ideas. And I did mention my Bible adventures and Robert was like, oh, that's amazing."

"When they were asked when they thought the Kingpin remakes would be ready their intention was to have Kingpin available for the Texas Pinball Festival at 2018 which they did and the plan for production was late 2018 or early 2019"

"I was curious like what date did they announce they were remaking Kingpin and the date they announced it was March 15th 2018 that is when circus Max miss said we are remaking Kingpin and it was right around TPF and they brought They're game to TPF their prototype"

"I think a lot of people thought Guns N' Roses was going to be at TPF I think I don't think it was I still think there's willy-wankas they want to make and I still think there's some time to go before we see this pin"

"I would hit it with toy story big at next marches like TPF and and I would just be all about toy story next year and whatever the next title is but that's how I would do it because how awesome would it be if both of Eric's games came out and just dominated"

"I think a Guns N' Roses pirates of the Caribbean 2020 is a great way for Jersey Jack to close out the year and then I would hit it with toy story big at next marches like TPF"

"pin number three is scheduled to be released at the Texas pinball Festival on March 15th 2018 in Dallas we are super excited to see everyone's response to pin number three once again we have raised the bar while putting amazing value in each of the three models if you've never attended TPF it's quite the event book your trip now"

"as we get closer to that show reality sets in and we hear that Chicago gaming company will not be showing game number three at TPF due to delays so that's all they say is games delayed Chicago delay in company once again the game was not ready"

"they officially announce attack from Mars remake at the amusement expo in Texas right before Texas pinball festival this is where Chicago gaming company officially unveils attack from Mars remake"

"We were all ready to a lot of people were ready to board planes to TPF A lot of people were well We might miss TPF, but midwest gaming classic will happen and stern will show us ninja turtles in a few weeks and and everything just stopped like Like a light switch got turned off and the world we knew it is no longer there"

"We were all we were all ready to a lot of people were ready to board planes to TPF A lot of people were well We might miss TPF, but midwest gaming classic will happen and stern will show us ninja turtles in a few weeks and and everything just stopped like Like a light switch got turned off and the world we knew it is no longer there"

"favorite pinball convention TPF above everyone else with 24.7% of the votes replay effects with 17 point 17% and then Chicago pinball expo with 16% and then it goes on from there mini minuest gaming classic 9%"

"This is normally something that happens at Texas Pinball Festival I know we're all sad that that's not going to take place"

"i think texas pinball festival would win and i'm gonna say my runner up would be pinball expo yeah i i would agree that TPF is going to be the one that wins"

"keep in mind that this show normally takes place in texas right so that has a tremendous advantage when people are voting because they know that the awards going to be giving out you're going to be given out at TPF"

"It'd be cheaper for Jerry to give like a streamer that's got so many followers, the game, then it is to take the TPF event."

"so we structured our entire production run in or lead in to TPF to get machines ready to get games built into basically use this show as a launching point"

"I know you must be super bummed out as is everybody that TPF was canceled so talk to me about what what hearing that news was for you and how that impacts your ability to sort of get this game in front of people right now"

"we structured our entire production run in or lead in to TPF to get machines ready to get games built into basically use this show as a launching point"

"we had huge plans for the show and hooked us up with a good time slot for the seminar actually before the show opened so we would have a captive audience of lots of people that would see the game hopefully right before the show opened then we planned on having a bunch of machines there to play as well as a bunch of new unboxed machines that people could just take home"

"now I I know you must be super bummed out as is everybody that TPF was canceled so talk to me about what what hearing that news was for you and how that impacts your ability to sort of get this game in front of people right now"

"not having TPF while it didn't screw up our launch plans and obviously hurts a lot on getting the word out and getting people excited about the game because the hope was that people would react like you are but they'd react like that after they played it"

"TPF was a big show for him and so that's where we're at deeproot I mean deeproot it's it's kind of like when are they even going to get on the launch pad when are we going to see something now they're indefinitely delayed"

"So he then goes on to say how they had big launch plans for TPF and how they're disappointed that they couldn't make it there and I agree everyone is disappointed. Josh everyone wanted to play the game at TPF everyone wanted to get hands on experience with hot wheels."

"And I really feel terrible for all of the people and it's a lot of people that were planning to make Texas pinball festival a spectacular and bigger and better show than ever before."

"And I know that Ed and Kim they spend all year working so hard on making this show the best pinball show in the world. And I think everyone agrees it is the best pinball show you can go to."

"And so because of that I fully expect them to cancel the show or postpone it to a later date. And I don't know if they have insurance or not."

"And Texas pinball festival gets 8 to 10,000 people who attend. And not just the number of people in the crowds that's the problem is a pinball machine is the worst device when it comes to spreading germs."

"It's always the Texas pinball festival and I know for so many of you out there this is just devastating news."

"I fully expect them to cancel the show or postpone it to a later date... It's just not safe. There is a reason why every single major person who has studied how to get this thing under control... Just to washing your hands avoiding large crowds is something that everyone is advised to do."

Texas Pinball Festival should be canceled/postponed due to coronavirus

"And unfortunately I they haven't made an official announcement. I expect one to come any day now any hour now but I just don't see how you can continue to go on with the show."

"I feel bad for all the pinball community from around the world and around the United States where this is the show where so many people plan their annual trips and they look forward to seeing all of their pinball friends that they usually only get to see once a year because this is the show in which most of us usually if you ask people what's the one show you're going to go to what's the one show that's worth it. It's always the Texas pinball festival"

"They'll be taking orders at TPF and shipping out the first week of April. All right, so there you have it Marketing mistake number what number 1875 never Promise when games will ship out unless you are 100% certain that that is going to happen now"

"But this is how you do it you do not show a game At mar you know March 25th 6th and 27th and then make people wait two months to get it. If you have the game at Texas and people are ordering the game and people like the game They want the game they don't want to see what you're working on and then wait six months"