The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly the 2006 Scamabus Cup!

subcool

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marcolopez

hey there subcool, I was there shooting the shit with you about genetics, I was the kid w/ the SF hat and my friend had a humboldt sweater. yeah the cup was a bunch of bullshit, it was my first year to adam and I will probably never go back as i'd rather stay in nor cal and save myself the insane exchange rates and the rude ass fucking prick people. the cup is all a popularity contest just as I suspected the whole time its also one of the worst examples of any type of event period. Wonders of cannabis was if anything bigger and better yet I didnt have to travel across the globe for it.
the sad part is that these fucking people are practically printing money with the cup and the money it generates for all the "sponsors/seedbanks"

I dont even understand how the promoters have the nerve to try and keep a straight face trying to sell those mickey mouse booths to vendors.

I think herb no matter the genetics still suffers greatly when it becomes "commercialized" meaning when you begin to cultivate larger amounts its obviously harder to produce connoisseur (sp) quality herb and this is what has happened to adam just as it is happening in cali, most all of the shit they sold there was not cured properly at all as its just rushed to the shelves. BTW I stopped smoking the hash 4 days after I got there as it was tooo harsh probably because the shit gets cut with motor oil and rubber etc.

If anyone does go there, the bulldog hotel has some of the worst smelliest rooms and service people I have ever dealt with..........and this is that I was staying in the "Royal suites apts"

Sorry for the rant people but I really hope this message can save someone their hard earned money before they go expecting a cirque du soleil. This was the only place Ive ever been to and had people flat out kick you out of their coffeeshop after you already tried to go in there walking on eggshells being as polite as can be (no soup for you!) my trip was fun however and even though Arjan "the king of Cannabis" isnt the king of cannabis as his strains were mediocre to say the least he was one of the nicer people I did meet over there besides you subcool, HTH

Buds brought to me by growers world wide

The guy that blew this pipe gave me a glass on glass bowl that I still use to this day.
 

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BSIv2.0

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Nice thread, Sub.

Nice pics also. Its a shame with all the coin they make off the Cup that they couldnt provide a better venue.

Can you provide a link to Seedbanks that carry your genes......and ships to the US?
 

nowstopwhining

Too many brownies
The bud shots on the first page look like good mids at best....

What a shame...I had actually planned on going, glad I didn't. I can buy bud that looks like that bud on the first page for 35-50 bucks a quarter and im talking about both of those posts on the first page not just Aryans dirty looking weed.

Im enjoying the story! :)
 

nowstopwhining

Too many brownies
This is what we entered.
If you look it the Cup issue of HT you will see the JTR picture is not of the same buds?
I have that issue im gonna check it out.

Now theres some crystals...Mmmmm.....what strain is that??

Thanks for writing all of this for us to enjoy and learn from.

:peace::joint::mrgreen:
 

subcool

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I have that issue im gonna check it out.

Now theres some crystals...Mmmmm.....what strain is that??

Thanks for writing all of this for us to enjoy and learn from.

:peace::joint::mrgreen:

Jack the Ripper prior to packing

If you have that Issue you tell me if its the same bud I personally handed the HT crew??
 

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skunkushybrid

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commercialism eventually sneaks in and starts to ruin everything. Too much bullshit and cock sucking (forgive the french) is needed to win a competition like that.

People start to look for trade names and don't mind that these are merely weak copies of the originals, just like clothes or pop music.

cheese is a perfect example of a strain ruined by fraudulent copies. The copies smell and taste the same making them almost indistinguishable from the clone-only mom. Yet the high is no comparison.

It seems some people are just happy to settle for low-rate genetics with a good or well-known name attached to them, and there are unscrupulous breeders out there all too willing to take advantage.
 

CALIGROWN

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your presence on the forum is much appreciated sub...and your strains and knowledge are one for the books..:peace:
 

gogrow

confused
as always, subcool comes through with another well written, detailed, and informative post. thanks for this, you have prob. saved me thousands of dollars this year
 

subcool

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Hey Guys thanks to everyone that read my little adventure!
Amsterdam is still a very fun place but the time to go is new years its a party unlike any other.

If you smoke enough you might even see an elephant :)
 

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CALIGROWN

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hey subcool, im real interested in starting a couple of your strains in my indoor garden. Im sure you have been asked in the past hundreds of times but im curious to know if you had to pick one strain to go all out SOG with, what would be your choice?
 

subcool

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Vortex is my favorite choice and stable as any line available today
U will find two phenos a Afghani dom leaning towards the A-13 high and a shorter fruitier version more space queen dominant from 20 seeds I got 17 females and filled a few cases of jars with primo smoke.

Sub
 

mastakoosh

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for your dislike of the way high times handled the cannabis cup, your better half and you have a lot of stuff in the new high times lol.
 
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