Guys, please stop perpetuating this rubbish.

I have been a sponsor of Pinfest and have attended every year it has been held. I am in close contact with most of the organising committee.

There has NEVER been any animosity towards ANY pinball enthusiast that I have seen no matter if he/she was/is black-white-asian-muslim-alien. EVERYONE has ALWAYS been welcome at Pinfest.

I just don't know where this nonsense comes from...  

I am aware that a couple of people had a falling out in the past BUT this is NOT a "forum VS forum" issue it is purely and simply an argument or misunderstanding between a couple of people REGARDLESS of forums etc. and this is an issue that those individuals need to resolve between themselves and STOP dragging everyone into their personal issue.

Let's please stop the rot and stop the division between pinball enthusiasts or we will be acting just like some of the pinball retailers seem to.

Not a "couple of people", Mike. The general pinball public would not see it, but it clearly is still an issue for some.

I was a former Cave's Beach sponsor until the organizers made it VERY clear Aussie Pinball (therefore it's membership), were not welcome (I still have those emails). There were several issues in the background that were based on self serving agendas. Created by a few and promoted all these years later. You only need a few rotten eggs. I didn't even know it was on this year - there's no thread promoting it on this forum. That's a deliberate act.

Although the general public are welcome at these events, there's a clear agenda in the background to ensure that this forum is not welcome.

There is another event later this year with EXACTLY the same intent and similar agenda.