As EM said, it was a disappointing end with all the usual suspects picking up the prizes. SPEND MORE MONEY = MORE HTCC wins. (very simple equation) GHS win, Barneys Farm win, Cali Connet win (import hash), and the best place in the whole town with the best weed, got a 3rd place for the Grey Crystals - Nederhash. There was some special guest from some old hippie movement in the US, The House of the something something...can't quite remember, it was all getting a bit boring by that point. Anyway, these guys revolutionised weed and lsd in the US in the 60's and started there own church or something (I am sure some of the crew here will know the name). Well they done a blind test on the strains, and the T-Line (strawberry sour diesel) from the Grey Area/Devils Harvest was their favourite. This was what got my vote as well.GHS got top prize for the Exo cheese hash....omg is all I can say. But I guess they throw enough promo and cash at it. Worst people for receving prizes were Cali Connect. Swerve's on stage with his crew throwing out t-shirts and hats and what not, meanwhile Swerve is shouting over the mic (or barking) Cali Connect, Get Connected, .co.uk, blah blah, Get connected, Tahoe OG, Get Connected.....oh fukkin shut up you tool, you are embarrassing yourself in my eyes. This is not what weed is about as far as I am concerned. Big Buhhda Tahoe also one a prize...I mean what's all that about, it ain't Big Buhhda's. Another weird thing, DNA genetics and Reserva Privada were entering the competition under different names with the same product......get your head round that. Seriously, I just don't know about the whole competition thing. One thing I do know, every winner will have their seeds purchased by every dispensary and every medical grower in many different countries, so you can see the benefit of winning on the financial front.
To cap the Cup off, they didn't allow anyone to smoke inside the Melkweg which is the concert hall/venue for the night time parties. The whole week people had been smoking but I guess the event had been told, nope, this is not allowed. Even though it's only tobacco that is banned form being smoked inside. Politics again destroying everything. When will this ever end people?
Peace,
DST
Who know's if there will be a cup next year. But for sure it will be a lot different unless the atmosphere changes.