Point I wanna make is "The HTCC is a fix"... How in the world can one coffeeshop (Barneys) win everything??? I bought weed from there and felt a bit letdown. Tangerine Dream was nice, but no cup winning entry, there were much better strains out there. MUCH BETTER...
I guess peeps genereally feel letdown by the HTCC, an event which we all look to for info regarding the best weeds/hasj,iso etc - the Dam has to offer - and the HTCC is not refelective of that. Hasn't been for years. Yes, sure, people will buy passes, get baked and claim "Had the time of my life" - and they did, coz they got baked. But ask them - "Do you think the right strains won?" and they won't answer you in a hurry.
I met Franco from GHS the morning of the 22nd and had a brief chat with him. Asked him what they were entering and he replies "Super Lemon Haze", to which I replies "That's a fucking deja-vu man, you telling me you guys have been to 2 different continnents, claim you breed the best strains, and couldn't come out with something original enough to leave the SLH on the shelf this year?" he wasn't expecting that, and promptly fobbed me off with, "Ah there you are, sorry mate I have to go" lol...
In all honesty, I'm beginnging to think that Arjan, Derry and High Times are in cahoots with eachother...
Personally, I'm well pleased that I didnt get a pass for the cup, as I woulda been outraged at the results had I paid to watch