Well Mr. Capital Letters ... the only strains that came from Green House Seeds that deserved to win Cups, back when Cups were won my merit rather than glad-handing and passing out more freebies than other breeders and bribing judges and lobbying, were won when Shantibaba and Neville were involved, when Shantibaba was co-owner of Green House Seeds and Neville was co-owner of the Green House Coffee Shops and they worked together doing the breeding for Green House Seeds.
If Green House Seeds is so spectacularly gifted then explain why after Shantibaba moved on Arjan was reduced to attempting to bribe judges to win one year and was banned from the competition that year?
Actually you were off by a year. Reeferman's Willie Nelson won the 1st place sativa Cup in 2005.
When it comes to Shantibaba (Mr. Nice Seeds) part of the Green House breakup was he had, had enough of Cup competitions and had no interest in entering any more of them. Arjan, who did not breed and only handled the marketing and business end, wanted more wins for the fame and fortune that went with it. Shantibaba sold out his share of the business and opened up Mr.Nice Seeds and did things his way. Roughly two years later Neville sold his share in the Green House coffee shops and since those two occurrences nothing truly impressive has come from Green House Seeds regardless of a couple of wins.
But only a true puppy would believe that in the most recent years that most or all Cups have been won by true merit. The HTCC has been slowly losing credibility for years now and has become a lobbying contest, a place where whoever passes out the most freebies has a leg up on other competitors, a showplace for marketing and advertising ... and no longer anything at all like the old true credible competition is once was.