25th Cannabis Cup

[n00b]

High times, you really suck balls, this years "expo" was a joke. no samples,tiny,crappy venue, thseeds didnt even turn up to there own fashion show/party at the melkyweg,lmao.
i feel for the people(and venders) who came along way and spent alot of $. High times need to sort their shit out Big time!

Who would be stupid enough to pay £165 for a 5 day pass to a small, cramped warehouse and a cold tent far far away from any coffeeshops on the trail map they give you.
oh yeah... me

The expo was a thin hall of tables advertising various products and if that's your thing then great. The Bhudda guys were the only ones who seemed to give a shit so they had a big tibetan temple style stand and mountains of free shit in bags on the days I bothered going in there (1st and 3rd days maybe).

The seminars simply weren't that interesting to me. When discussing anything to do with growing there was a lot of time spent talking about the basics and repeating points which I had assumed were common knowledge considering the audience.
Some of the other sessions had an odd, cultish vibe about them or covered topics specific to the USA.

To me, the parties were a bizarre idea. Fill a club with people who are almost certainly stoned and then play really loud pumping music. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who left when some generation X 90's reject started rapping about the most unbearable teenage crap on one night. Funny for a little bit though

Why not put on a more relaxed atmosphere with comedy and film rooms and all sorts of interesting shit going on instead of just a club with some music?

So by Wednesday I decided to avoid the expo/"parties" and just enjoy the city. I'm so fuckin glad I did, Amsterdam is such an interesting place and a second trip is needed to see more of its history instead of wasting time at a marketing event.

I met some great people at the event and mainly in coffeeshops and around the city but I have to say if you want to see a lot of stereotypes they really do congregate at the expo. It's very depressing and funny. One day the weed bus (only amazing thing about the expo) was a full macabre showcase of the grottiest goblin looking chavs and chavlings I have ever had the immense pleasure of witnessing. It brought a tear to my eye

 

[Eugen]

the expo (it was my first htcc adam but i have been to other expos) was not very special, right.
but don't be dissing the people man.
i was only there on the first day and i didnt give a damn about any freebies. just wanted to smoke and talk weed with like minded people.
i remember sitting in this weed bus in the back with a few new and old friends. smoking some little roor pipes with fine BHO when an american comes in (remember we were all from somewhere different in europe) with his own blown glass and homemade bho. dabbing galore at midnight on the way back to the apartment. again, you could feel the passion glowing. thats what i call a nice night out. especially considering that when arriving at the appartment there were 5 different glases + one homemade chalice + not to forget about the very nice italian chillum to smoke uncoutnable different strains of BHO and hash in a circle of like minded growers and tokers. i mean... you gotta love that. not to mention the fine organic weeds i got from new and old friends... super fyah! i am thinking tasty weed from the spanish islands as well as the most flavorable strains i could imagine. give thanks
thanks for a great weekend

*edit*
its a shame that i missed some guys. looking forward to seeing you again somewhen! 4...2....0

 

[stasis]

It ain;t perfect, but the people are what Make it great. Not the Dudes who think wearing Warm-Up Gear or Camo is the way to go in Europe.

Or those always screaming in Coffeeshops embarrassingly loud, "Dude, Amsterdam ROCKS, where ya From..?!!?!?!?!"

But the ones you do not see or hear so much. The Locals. the Dude From East Timor who had to fight to live. The Magnanamous Amsterdam resident, the Turkish Family Man, or the 420 Pros on vacation.. Enjoying their Harvest Proceeds perhaps, in Adult Disneyland. Many of these travellers, you never see. They are too busy blending in.

I find it useful to know when to keep your own counsel, or be Non-descript, Modest, Low-Key. Nice shoes and obvious care about one's appearance go a long way. The opportunity to Talk to people, all sorts of folks... That is the magic of AMS.. Of the Country... It ain't bad living there.. haha.. It;s obvious.. I have had the best convos within those borders. All the way up north into the islands. Lifelong memories, much of it from the helm on a bicycle.... yeah...!

 

[Granger2]

n00b,
Great report. Very entertaining. Thanks. -granger

 

[Hoover_lungz]

The only good thing i can say about this HTC was meeting up with my icmag fam and sharing buds and showing support for our friends who entered

Big respect to Ojd & True,Mack10,growcroc,drp,drd,karma,lemon man,devilsharvest crew,bear,ed delta9,swerve,scott RD,JJNYC,DnA Genetics,Manchester seeds,Dimodz,DanDiesel,cannacollective crew,Mr Haze aka Mr Destroyer,Norcal seeds,John Bourne.

see you guys at the next anual meet up

 

[dr.penthotal]

hallo bros.
back home from the cup and already at work at full throttle...
my memories are still clear and people voices still echoes in my ears.
I want to say a big thank you to all the people met in this journey...
As always too little time to talk enough to everyone, to share appropriate numbers of joints and to share pictures and experience with everyone...
I was glad to meet most of icmaggers around. tnx to Franco, Besthaze, Pota, Paolo, Ifrane, Konfa, Cittill, Clod, all the italian crew, Mack10, Thc4sim Ganja baba and english crew, Rasras, Titoon and french people, Roor people, Ludo, strandvasker and the danes, Dimodz, Pollo Diablo, and all the german crew, Ifrane, MrHaze, Ojd, Truecannabliss, Ed borg, Jah Hoover and crew, Soma, Mila, Samskunkman, Rob and bubbleman, Hashbean, Dna gen and all the people I met.
People and opinions were the best part of this event.
Last year raid made a turning point. This year we saw the effect of this on the venue and the overall atmosphere.
Amsterdam was not invaded by stoners proudly showing judge pass.
Less people.
The expo was ridiculous. It was a perfect place to run a rave party or an underground event. Perfect for a first expo in a country with strict laws, but to be the 25th cup in amsterdam... it was really poor...
the place was an industrial warehouse or a dock, we were in the third of that, a single alley of at best 25 booths. Usual superstar booth like greenhouse or barney or thseeds were missing.
no samples, no freebies, just a small bag from buddah and few lighters.
Roor people discreetly offered bong hits and they were the solely who offered a puff.
I remember bong and vaporizer and buds offered to judges. I remember live plants, lot of hash samples and stuff to try. I remember free seeds and tshirts and any kind of stupid gadgets.
This year I saw no smoke, the sign 'only 5g allowed' everywhere, police around... very sad...
is this the decline of amsterdam cups?
with all the new places opening to cannabis scene like chzech rep, spain, and most of all colorado and washington, I see very little future for ams cups and events.
My pass was offered, but I sure would have felt completely ripped off even for a daily ticket for the expo!:laughing
No weed was offered for judges even in coffeshops. I found weed at least 1 euro higher in one year.
and weed was shaken more heavily this year...
Evening parties were a bit disappointing too.
Is this what happens to a commercial cup where money always leads?
I feel lucky even more to have been part of the 420 last years, where it was totally the opposite.
no money involved, just heart, passion and special smoke to be shared with friends and among connoisseur.
this is what I like and what I want when travelling so far.
Thanks again to all the people met, see you at next 420.
Dr.P

 

[stasis]

Maybe they will bounce back next year. Previous Cups were really fun. Even the ones with the trek to the NE of the Town to the expo. So, ya do it once. There was more to do and look at before the clampdown last year. Or if the threat of challenges getting into C'Shops for Non Dutch might have held up HT from making better arrangements..

I made it to 3 of the CCups. 11 hour flights nonstop. You got to 'want it' to take flights that long.

Going Forward, I would hope for more of an emphasis on entertainment at night. More Concerts. IMHO, less hip-hop as well. Or shall I say 'Not primarily Hip Hop.' Unless they get Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bombaataa, or PE.. Not necessarily Classic Rock as they have done in the past, but a mix. Some Downtempo, Dancehall, Dance, Rap, Hard Rock, and Dubstep FO SHO. moe was great a few years back.

There was as much fun 'trade talk' at the Melkweg shows as the expo, and it is always fun to go out late. For me, eating well, taking siestas, and avoiding alcohol is the key..

For many who travel to AMS from NON cannabis-friendly states of the USA or other countries such as Japan for the Cup - this may be the ONLY chance to talk FREELY about MJ. And in that respect alone (and more, of course - it's fun), the event is very important.

 

[mr.brunch]

just wondering, with the recent legal happenings, will we be likely to see a u.s cannabis cup?

 

[GreenLab]

Just woke up in my own bed, feeling like a million xD
This years cup werent the best event HT made for judges, but its hard, when no one wants to rent space to HT's CC event, But the people i have had the plesure of meeting and the hash id been smoken, makes it all worth it xD
Every one complaning about the lack of freebies xD hehe i for one thought it was sweet no one realy gave stupid stuff away, it made the way to the expo a lil cleaner xD and no one waisted time or money cleaning up after all the freeloaders dropping their shit on the ground cuz its stupid and usless..... We gave free seeds away at RooR, we found a packs of em besides a trashcan next to the expo entry....!!!! ungreatfull bastads if you ask me....!!!! But the thing that makes me smile the most, is all the people who thinks they bought a HTCC pass, that will give em free weed from all the coffeshops hehe...... Lets do a lil math xD if you want weed from the coffeshops you pay somwhere betwen 5 and 40 euros a gram, most coffeshops have a ok weed at 12 - 15 euros a gram.... The ticket is 250 euros at the door, or 269 + 7,72 usd on preorder, if you buy it as a early bird its even cheaper xD
Well back to the math, 250/12= 20,8 coffeshops out of the roughly 300+ coffeshops in amsterdam you need to visit befor the money is spend xD
The price is 50 euros to enter the expo, thats 5 visits and your money is spend xD
theres free transport to and from the expo to hotel victoria.
I guess what im trying to say is "What the holyman did you expect" HT didnt force you to buy the ticket, or to travle half the world around to be at the HTCC xD YOU chose to do that and YOU chose to have to high expectations and therfor got disapointet, but with this weedpass they been trying to force upon amsterdam, and the fact that no one wanted to rent space to HT, or was booked already, im happy that HT managed to put an event togheter at all xD and now that the weedpass has finaly died, im shure HT will bring us a power event next year...... And just to fist the fly, its a total lie, when people say there werent any handouts at the expo, the first day was a blast, at RooR we handed out dabs and weed hits all day long, to promote the Tiny Sister and the snapper, but the police wasnt all that happy about it, so we teamed up with the coffeshop Dampkring, and handed out dabs there instead, from 13:00 to 19:00 every day xD

Have a nize one out there, and if i dont see you befor ill see you in amsterdam next year.
--=GreenLab=--

 

[Highsenburg831]

Did anyone try Swerve's GSC? Did he have GSC seeds? There aren't any post-cup updates on his site.

 

[jimmy black]

I try the GSC from Funky Monkey but i dont know or ist the Real Deal Cookies!

Its smell awesome ,very sweetkushy,but not the strongest Indica Weed!

the Starbud is more more stronger!

greetz

 

[Ludo]

Here is a sample Valery of Roor team


this stuff knocked me out

And that just warms my heart.........much love and peace to all of you out there whom I met at the HTCC.......and for those I did not......SEE U NEXT YEAR

 

[mack 10]

Viva Amsterdam!
mack.

 

[Alpen rock]

High!

here is a link w/ a pic of the GSC:
http://coffeeshopdirect.info/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=22240&start=75

and a quick report:

I make a buy & fly yesterday for their cup entries, they are working with the Cali connection this year... "Girl Scout Cookies" 15€/g
This strain is so amazing. It has a very yeasty flavor throughout the inhale and exhale. Taste like cherry lemon pie with a cotton candy after taste.... (9,5/10).

++

 

[gaiusmarius]

in all fairness after last year i think it was clear that there would be some changes. the cops last year were specially pissed off at all the samples being given out last time.

i did read how roor was getting people high, but with so much attention on the event it had to be run according to the book. HTCC organizers could have reduced the price of the passes accordingly, knowing they were gonna spend less though.

 

[ojd]

back from the cup

had a blast

to many names to mention(ive a terible memory) but respect to all you guys the usual crowd and some new faces

but shout to dr p for the honey such lovely honey

and big shout to ed from delta 9 labs seeds sharing the booth this year very cool dude was alot of help to me, friend for life

was a real shame i didnt have time to come to greenhouse for wake n bakes and catch up with the crew

420 cup il be around the whole time and we can all have a good talk/smoke then

thanks to everyone who come by the stand and said hello, was great meeting you guys growing my stuff

this week was more work for me but roll on 420 this year we looking to really blow it up
this time

peace

 

[Stony Mahoney]

i´d love to be there...

 

[prepress420]

Anybody see Brightside this year?
He also goes to 420 Cup in April.

 

[ChemFrog]

This was my 1st ever hightimes i have been to and i have to say it was a waste of money, the expo was held in small garden shed and the cup was fixed ass usuall.

This guy Swerve is he for fucking real?? enters clone only cuts he never bred into the cup every year and he calls himself a breeder?

If you want to win 1st or 2nd place in HTC? all you need to give them is around 40k like swerve did and you will win a cup lmfao

Girl scout cookies what kind of pheado named it that?? lmao

 

[gaiusmarius]

how can you possibly know how much it costs to win first place at htcc, lol?