Don't be mad just cause it's farther away from you now lol. Pretty much all dispensaries have bunk weed, regardless if you're talking about Pueblo or Denver.. The only place i've found that has mediocre to good bud is kind love (cam use to) and is still no where near the quality of most home growers I know here in pueblo. Kind love's product is worth no more than 150/oz, it blows my mind to see people paying the 240-270/oz they charge...
I'm getting off point here.. Most people who are into quality don't trade at the cannabis cup, they trade with other growers - where you can straight up trade buds and not pay ridiculous prices.
If you don't like what they've done with the cannabis cup then don't whine and bitch about it. Just don't go. I live in Pueblo and although it's nice to be close to it, I really could care less one way or another. I'm not gonna sit here complaining and bitching about it. What good is that going to do?
Lol. I guess I'm not aloud to join the discussion or express opinions. I'm sorry some of you feel the need to get personal over what I said. If you wanna just sit in your houses in your hug boxes and think your own shit is the best in the world or that HT or the cup are legit then who am I to stop you?
Sorry for attempting to bring you guys into the modern cannabis world. The HT cup is for people that are still "old world", that actually read HT and haven't moved onto one of the 5 or so actual good publications. For those that haven't moved into the facebook groups or other, more modern online communities(do you even Hash Church? lol). If you haven't noticed, grow forums, even ICMag, have become wastelands.
My point was lost a bit I guess. Which is the HTCC is a joke. I mean shit, (Hitman)Dougie is a joke now and so is Chalice but its more respectable than High Times is at this point, lol.
And I'm certainly not mad, maybe a little disappointed now that its going to be even more of an embarrassment on the community now that it's gonna be even more amateur / mainstream and in the middle of nowhere as far as many are concerned. Even in Denver the last 2 years it was going way down hill thanks to recreational. So it will be the same in that respect but with such a change of venue so far from Denver it's certainly going to be different.
Who knows!? Maybe it'll be more low key and respectable getting away from all the bureaucracy and shady shit of the "pot barons" around here. When LivWell, TGS, Riverrock, others like them win awards you know something is corrupted, lol. I mean, I'm sure the bigger guys will still be there, because it's their livelihood and custies is custies. So you guys can still pick up some $200/g sift from Cuban and $150/ea clones from "Big Mass" and $20 per seed while you are there, lol.
By all means have fun down there in the desert. It must make you feel good to see all the shitty weed on display and winning the cups so you can say how much better your own stuff is.
PS> I know my stuff is better than any dispensary you can find, or for that matter most of the shit I see posted online, I've got that soil grown organic fire and unlike most I don't judge how good my grow is based on yield. When you stop focusing on vegetative yield and the size of your buds, something magical happens. Although I am still tryin to get my terp preservation game on point, looking to build a month long dry box. But I also know there is even better grown here in Denver and I am aspirating to that, looking to improve and expose myself to better people and knowledge, not rest on my laurels. I'm sure there is good shit down there too but Denver is the center of the culture for this entire area of the country.
You should host your own cup and show everyone how its done.
And I don't need to start my own cup, we already have plenty put on by people that actually know whats up and the events are actually respected and enjoyable. Hit me up if you ever graduate.