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LynnInDenver
@lynnindenver.bsky.social
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A transwoman living in Denver, Colorado. Streamer, player of games, pinball machine owner, loving wife of https://bsky.app/profile/systemreactor.bsky.social
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lynnindenver.bsky.social
I'm going to mute pinball here for a couple of weeks. I'm just... I'm tired, and weary, and it was just not the thing I needed to wrestle with right now with the whole world burning down.
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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lorz-ix.bsky.social
Saw this post on tumblr with an actual poll attached to it and the overwhelming winner was "I don't believe life begins at conception but I would still sell liquor to the baby"
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
Someone somewhere just posted "WTF is ping pong" and I might have just turned to dust and blown away.
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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astridcraft.bsky.social
Oh yeah

Trans Rights, bitch
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
Ran into a wonderful #jesterlavorre cosplayer @lindz-sews.bsky.social at Dakucon yesterday. #criticalrole #mightynein
No, I don't think she healed anyone that day either. Isn't she supposed to be their cleric? :D
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
If I had to compare the Sharpe clan to the Gygax clan in terms of how the dynasty has impacted the progeny, Josh Sharpe has fallen pretty much on the same side as Ernie Gygax rather than Luke Gygax.

#IFPA #NoIFPA #iykyk
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
I, uh, might've done a bad thing. Note that I'm setting the prices low enough I won't make any money on this. lynnindenver-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/...

#ifpa #lgbtq
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November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
Four full courses in Golden Tee and my rage has calmed from "volcanic eruption" to "simmering pot of hot vindaloo".
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
I... WOULD LIKE... TO... ***RAGE!!!*** www.kineticist.com/post/new-inf...
TLDR: Part of the idea of not desanctioning the event was to "protect the trans community from more backlash" despite two transwomen saying it needed to be desanctioned.
New Information and an IFPA Statement on the OBX Fall Flippers Incident | Kineticist
Internal IFPA Slack discussions reveal new details about the OBX Fall Flippers incident and the organization’s response.
www.kineticist.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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drandrewthaler.bsky.social
Stop doomscrolling and look at these capybaras.
Three capybaras. Two of which are babies. They are cute.
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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effinbirds.com
A painting of a bird beside the text "i'm fuckin exhausted from being angry all the time"
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
...I might've fired up Inkscape in actual anger today. #IFPA
Anti-IFPA The Venn Diagram of values espoused versus IFPA's actual values.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
I will be blunt:

The International Flipper Pinball Association is not interested in doing what's right to ensure pinball is welcoming to women. In fact, they will go out of their way to justify not listening to the women who were supposed to advise them.

#IFPA
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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trysdyn.voidfox.com
The IFPA/Pinball thing is the biggest unforced L I've ever seen. There is zero reason to take the route IFPA has taken. Policy is clear, advisory boards are unanimous in following policy, following policy harms no one.

It's *bafflingly* stupid from a management perspective and a human one.
November 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
I am amazed at how hard Becker ties himself into knots to avoid changing a decision that was made at the time on INCOMPLETE information. And all he's managed to do is show decisions from the org can't be trusted until he and Sharpe are gone.

www.kineticist.com/post/update-...
An Update on the IFPA and the OBX Fall Flippers Event | Kineticist
Providing more information and context around the handling of the harassment incident at the OBX Fall Flippers tournament.
www.kineticist.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
This past week of IFPA failing to have their players' backs is another example of why I do not allow any of my hobbies to be "load bearing" parts of who I am. I can walk away from any of them, and still have plenty of things I enjoy doing to fill the gaps.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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wokuling.bsky.social
The IFPA has chosen to shut down discussion of the OBX event in their own discord server.

As everyone knows, shutting down discussion of a topic in one singular place will surely get people to stop. /s
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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spootaloo.bsky.social
What is the point of having a women's board if you just ignore them when they give you urgent, unanimous guidance?

I don't really play much pinball myself, but it's deeply upsetting to see something so near and dear to the hearts of so many wonderful people I follow implode like this.
arborelia.net arborelia @arborelia.net · 2d
remember that the entire IFPA Women's Advisory Board has spoken out against this, and they have been vetoed by one man
Karyn from the IFPA says: "The IFPA Women's Advisory Board unanimously recommended that the IFPA revoke sanctioning for the OBX events, and we vehemently disagree with IFPA Leadership's decision not to do so. We did not contribute to the announced statement or the new process for incident reporting, and we oppose the decision-making process used by IFPA Leadership."
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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scoutpilgrim.bsky.social
It is a shame that the legacy of the Sharpes will be muddled by a man who has decided to escape culpability for doing the right thing, and blaming two trans women (the IFPA member on site and the North Carolina IFPA Representative) in the process.

www.ifpapinball.com/ifpa-preside...
IFPA President Statement Regarding the OBX Flippers Arcade Fall Pinball Bash
Promoting Competitive Pinball!
www.ifpapinball.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
lynnindenver.bsky.social
I'll probably keep doing pinball league, but I won't be going out of my way for other tournament opportunities. I only really have an IFPA number as an incidental consequence of playing in league, it's not something I sought out.
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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arborelia.net
IFPA president Josh Sharpe has doubled down on awarding points to a pinball tournament where a transphobic hate crime occurred.

He now says the event _could_ have been stripped of its points, and blames the different outcome on two trans women.

www.ifpapinball.com/ifpa-preside...
IFPA President Statement Regarding the OBX Flippers Arcade Fall Pinball Bash
Promoting Competitive Pinball!
www.ifpapinball.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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meganpaasch.bsky.social
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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canineconnie.bsky.social
To say the IFPA's statement is disappointing and insufficient is an understatement.

"We made an email address, problem solved."

One man choosing to override the unanimous position of the Women's Advisory Board manages to make this worse than no action by showing how little regard IFPA has for them
kineticist.com Kineticist @kineticist.com · 3d
An IFPA event became the center of a major controversy last weekend after a venue manager forcibly removed a trans woman from the women’s restroom and the TD allowed the event to proceed without interruption. The IFPA’s response has now created more controversy.

www.kineticist.com/post/ifpa-ob...
Developing: What’s Going on With the IFPA and the OBX Fall Flippers Event? | Kineticist
Tracking a developing story coming out of the recent OBX Fall Pinball Tournament.
www.kineticist.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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iast.bsky.social
Fuck it, we ball.

And I'm all out of fucks.

Have some goddamn integrity, IFPA.

#Pinball #IFPA
The ruling from IFPA today (referenced in comments below) re: the transphobia incident at Flippers Arcade/OBX Fall Pinball Tournament on Nov. 7 is, in no uncertain terms, one of the most nothingburger, ineffectual, "let bygones be bygones" conclusions they possibly could have reached. After all that's been accomplished in the last year with IFPA implementing their Gender Inclusion Policy, the bar to clear for doing the honorable and just thing was right there, an inch off the ground. All they have managed to accomplish today was to smack face-first into that bar and leave a black eye across the competitive pinball community. I've seen good friends of mine who were personally affected by the failures of OBX staff to address the concerns of trans players in attendance and/or who were planning to participate, on pins & needles all week while being left in the dark on what stance the IFPA ruling board will take. I've seen the trans pinball community at large wrestling with the possibility of reducing their participation in IFPA-sanctioned events, if participating at all, depending on IFPA's determination. I've seen discussions back and forth on OBX being subject to having their WPPRs devalued, if not decertified altogether. Not a baseless penalty to ledger, given IFPA's statements among their Frequently Asked Questions: "The IFPA only recognizes open divisions of play to be included in the World Pinball Player Rankings. ***If certain players are prohibited from playing based on age, gender, skill or personal reasons, those results will not be counted. This includes B-divisions, Novice divisions, Women’s divisions, etc.***" And after today, I've seen a complete and utter failing on IFPA to uphold those edicts. Put yourself in the shoes of a trans/nonbinary player. You've been given assurance by the governing body of your competitive hobby that they recognize the broad gender spectrum you're a part of, that they will have your back when push comes to solve, that they will throw you a life raft when your rights as a player and a human are being drowned out by hate. Instead, you're given a high-five by the governing body when your head is already underwater, they wipe their hands of the matter and move on to the next thing. You can contend that the one-year ban on Flippers hosting IFPA-sanctioned events is a worthy penalty. While that would be case under other circumstances, the fact that Flippers was already planning to move away from hosting pinball events prior to OBX taking place, takes a lot out of the sails of said "penalty". There is one more thing that I must add. If you are going to instate anything as to the effect of the IFPA Gender Inclusion Policy, then it must be carried out with the understanding that *when*, not *if*, there is a violation of that policy, whether through negligence or willful malice, there must be a clear and swift process to address the issue at hand and meaningfully affect those in the wrong. IFPA's ability to carry out such matters dutifully has fallen flat on its face.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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scoutpilgrim.bsky.social
No quarter for hate. The International Flipper Pinball Association needs to do better.
I would like to first state that I am glad to see that the IFPA has finally responded to the incident that occurred last weekend at the OBX Fall Flippers Classic. Pinball is for everyone, and Flippers Arcade and Laundromat having a minimum 1-year ban from running events sanctioned from the IFPA shows that there is at least some sense that the organization is trying to stay adherent to it’s own policies. The IFPA did not acknowledge that they were even investigating this event until 5 days and 14 hours later, and that only occurred because I called them out in their Discord – up to that point, nothing had been mentioned in this space about anything that occurred. Yet, two deafening and glaring flaws in the statement made by the “IFPA Organization” still persist, and both the lack thereof of statements and the statements that came out to fill in those blanks show that the IFPA is not living up to it’s expectations for itself, nor it’s perception of being an arbiter of equality/equity to the community. Before I go on, I would like to say that this year would have been my third OBX Fall Flippers. In the two years prior, I have seen trans and queer competitors take at least one top 4 spot (2019 and 2024). First, nothing in any official IFPA statement mentioned anything about what will happen to the event where this incident occurred in the first place. An official statement from the Women’s Board in response to the “IFPA Organization” statement was made as follows: “The IFPA Women’s Advisory Board unanimously recommended that the IFPA revoke sanctioning for the OBX events, and we vehemently disagree with IFPA Leadership’s decision not to do so. We did not contribute to the announced statement or the new process for incident reporting and we oppose the decision-making process used by IFPA Leadership.” Further statements showed that the IFPA also misrepresented some of the events that were witnessed first hand by Sammie Bacon, a member of the IFPA Women’s Advisory Board. Other than the originally affected party, she was the person most knowledgeable about the events that transpired, and was the person who Becky (the Flippers manager) waved an iPad in their face to justify her hate crimes with bogus bathroom bills. As it has come out, Adam Becker was responsible for this decision as the lead. I may respect you for the work you have done for the community, but I am ashamed to see how you have decided to ignore your Women’s Advisory board in a decision as well as misrepresent them both in including them in your statement when they did not agree to it as well as directly altering first-hand accounts witnessed by a Women’s Board member. Josh Sharpe, Zach Sharpe, Andy Bagwell, Germain Mariolle, Michael Trepp, and Brian Woodard – I am also saddened to hear that you did not step in to ensure that the matter was being treated with the utmost care and concern that a matter of trans and queer exclusion in an Open event should warrant. As one of the trans people who was eager to play in OBX Fall Flippers event, it also saddens me to see that their own statements mean nothing in practice. “The IFPA only recognizes open division of play to be included in the World Pinball Player Rankings. If certain players are prohibited from playing based on age, gender, skill or personal reasons, those results will not be counted.” By the IFPA’s own admission, this was an act of discrimination. Even further, this was sexual harassment and a hate crime. How can WPPRs be awarded to an event that breaks the IFPA’s own statements? Why are cis and/or hetero players being rewarded because at least 15 phenomenal trans/queer players had to avoid the event because they needed to prioritize their safety? By itself, this is damning – and as a prominent trans pinball player, makes me feel like the IFPA will not have my back at events. If results from this event are posted, I will be suppressing myself from IFPA events as it has been made clear that the IFPA’s statements about “standing in solidarity” with me are just words on a screen and hold no meaning or value. While I understand that part of this involves Kevin Stone, I also believe that his statement and apology are genuine. I would like there to be resources available to Tournament Directors, potentially as part of the IFPA website, that can provide resources to assist in what to do if situations of discrimination or hate show up at your event – as well as fostering a culture where pinball is safe for everyone. No quarter for hate.
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM