DutchFarmer

@Patricia_Zamnesia, Hey, Thanks for your message. I hear what you’re saying, and I get that my reaction came off harsh. But I hope you can also understand why it came out that way. You personally hyped me up for this contest. That built real excitement and trust. So when the judging process felt rushed, unclear, and even disrespectful at times, it hit hard. It wasn’t just about losing. It was about feeling misled and unappreciated after putting in serious time and effort. Judging based on wet trim? That’s like reviewing a haircut before it’s dry. Totally incomplete and unfair. And when Bread & Buds, a judge publicly tied to your brand, called people’s plants “ugly,” that wasn’t just unprofessional. It was insulting. Especially when some of us were just sharing honest feedback. Feedback that clearly wasn’t just mine alone. A lot of others in the community felt similarly but didn’t speak up. What’s worse is the speed of the decisions. With 180 participants and the deadline not even fully used, it gives the impression that winners were already chosen or the process wasn’t as thorough as it should have been. That’s a tough pill to swallow after putting heart, soul, and months of work into this. To me, it started to feel less like a celebration of growers and more like a rushed marketing push. And frankly, that’s disappointing because I expected more from Zamnesia. I hope you take this as constructive, not just criticism. I genuinely cared about this contest and believed in it. That’s why I reacted the way I did. If you want to rebuild trust with the community, it’s going to take transparency, fair judging, and reps who lift people up, not tear them down.

@D33jW, You should have done more advertising and pictures of Plagron :D haha, so if that's not marketing then I don't know - what the community celebrates probably doesn't play a big role here - shows me how much they care about their community.

@D33jW, We all got cat fished, lesson learnt i wont ever be competiting again ill put my time and efforts into something else, mr suitcaise with upscaled picture won based on wet trim??? really? if wondering why the judging was so poor i mean look at bread and buds grows he was of the judges so you can see where the vote orginated from :joy: