<div dir="auto">From the linked publication..</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">“<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Montserrat;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Foundation will retire all of its debts, including the refund of prepaid tickets”</span></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:37 PM Stephen Jonke via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>So on a different note, will we get refunded for our 2020 ReplayFX/Pinburgh fees, if we didn't request a refund, or is this like a bankruptcy and that just goes away? I don't know how this stuff works.</div><div><br></div><div>Steve<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 12:53 PM Rob Wintler-Cox via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The announcement said they'd be selling on their site and eBay, preferably to operators so the games can get played.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 12:28 PM J. Bell via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Bummer indeed, I always wanted to go to one... If they did liquidate the games, where would they post them?
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<blockquote type="cite">On Nov 18, 2020, at 12:21 PM, Sergio Johnson via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> Not sure they will be back. At least not the way they are now. They indicated they are liquidating most of their physical assets. I assume that includes all of the games. Without those it will be difficult to do anything tournament-wise on
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<blockquote type="cite">On Nov 18, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Stephen Jonke via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Not too surprising, but such a loss. Sigh. Some day they’ll be back, though, I imagine.<br>
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<div name="messageReplySection">On Nov 18, 2020, 11:54 AM -0500, Kevin Stone via FSPA <<a href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>>, wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://replayfoundation.org/2020-announcement/" target="_blank">https://replayfoundation.org/2020-announcement/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The greatest tournament and event for pinball looks to be gone for good…</p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:white">Hello, fellow gamers and friends. We hope you continue to be safe and healthy in this difficult time.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:white">The Replay Foundation was established in 2011 to promote the preservation, restoration, and enjoyment of pinball technology, with an emphasis on the player experience. Replay exists to continue
the activities of the Professional & Amateur Pinball Association, and it has expanded those activities to encompass many forms of gaming, in particular by operating the world’s largest arcade through the signature Replay FX event.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:white">The Foundation relies on public events to further its mission and support its operations. Being able to play games competitively in person is a key element of both the mission and the events.
Unfortunately, due to the current pandemic conditions, it has proven nearly impossible to safely and practically operate large public events.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:white">Therefore it was with great sadness and regret that we must discontinue our public events and wind down most of our operations until further notice. We know this is very disappointing, but we
have been unable to find any other way to proceed.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:white">While the Foundation is not dissolving, we are liquidating most of our physical assets and cancelling all of our public events. Over the coming months, the Foundation will retire all of its debts,
including the refund of prepaid tickets, and will exist solely as an online resource for the foreseeable future.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:white">The tireless commitment and hard work put in by our employees and volunteers will always be immensely appreciated, as well as the support and enthusiasm of our fans and attendees. We hope to
play some role in the future of gaming, and we encourage everyone to collect and play these beautiful games whenever possible.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:white">With all our hearts, we thank you for having been on this journey with us, and for creating such wonderful memories together. It is, in fact, more fun to compete. We will see you all in the arcade
someday.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:white">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:white">Kevin Martin & Mark Steinman<br>
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