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.
This was once again a fantastic event that promoted pinball in a positive light to the general public. It was attended by thousands of people and kids and ALL were in awe with the machines and there were many enquiries along the lines of "where can I get one of these?"
The event also raised a substantial amount for charity again this year so well done once again to all of the committee and all helpers.
Have to disagree with you Mike as you are taking the view point of one side with that opinion.
I was a committee member for the first year, and when the 2nd show came around and no one had promoted it on AP I simply posted a Pinfest 2013 poster from the facebook on AP as I thought I was still part of the committee. I was banned for life from AA for copying and posting else where. That was the reason given to me for my life time ban and they would of had to come on AP to investigate and issue to the head guys of AA. I know who was behind it and they are getting personal and doing the forum isolation - where did they promote it this year on AP this year - they didn't.
I am happy they had a show and that the public enjoyed.. as it is all about playing the silver ball not the people.
I went to lukes event yesterday and was a great little event with 10 high quality games and you could play 100% of the time for 5 hours and it was about meeting the people and playing pinball - a lot of fun had by all - no one cared what forum people were from - wasn't even a mention.
