We should be celebrating pinball "esports". The more chatter about it the better. Celebrate the winners, the competitions, etc.

The winner SHOULD get the thrill of seeing their name bumped to the top of Pinside.

To dampen it by editing thread titles or something else so that someone who didn't watch it live can still peruse a pinball forum and then watch it recorded sometime later, at their convenience, is silly.

Exactly.

Problem: I cannot watch the IFPA World Championship live. I will watch a recording a few days later. I am afraid of it being spoiled for me.

Solution A: Tell everyone on Pinside to edit their threads to accommodate me. Repeat myself every time this happens, after every major tournament, year after year.

Solution B: Take control into my own hands, stay off Pinside, do not visit any Pinball sites or Facebook feeds, watch stream.

The % of Pinside chatter for IFPA compared to everything else is tiny, but I'd bet the VOLUME of related IFPA messages generated on Pinside outnumber everywhere outside of Pinside. The $1 dollar discussions a case in point.