Here’s the facts, from my perspective:
@Speescees took the time and spent the money on a nice gesture by sending ten people on this forum 75 seeds each for “winning” a contest.
A few of the winners have been pretty vocal about their dislike toward SpeesCees. Yet they were still sent seeds.
So far I would safely assume that all packages of seeds have been sent, and a lot have been received. So he kept his word and sent the seeds at no cost to the winners.
SpeesCees has encouraged everyone to grow his seeds and post the results. That is very brave, considering almost half the people he sent seeds have publicly stated their personal dislike for him.
I know I received my package, and I let the forum know and thanked SpeesCees. Sure, some of the seeds weren’t in the best condition. But why would I complain to the forum about free seeds? Or make a public issue of it? The fact remains that my seed stash is now ~75 seeds larger, thanks to SpeesCees’ generosity. And I look forward to growing them out to see if they live up to the hype.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not gargling on SpeesCees’ balls here. I think he comes across online as a typical arrogant old Dutch asshole, but that’s beside the point. His (re)introduction to Overgrow started out rough, with SpeesCees getting kicked in the dick for what was perceived as advertising without paying sponsor fees. And then the criticism became more hidden, but perceptible when reading between the words. Now here we are.
Everyone has every right to not be satisfied with what they’ve received (for free). But how about first taking a little bit of time to germinate the seeds, grow the plants, harvest the flowers, and then talk about the full experience? Nobody owes anything to anyone, but I’d rather criticism and negativity be well founded with thorough documentation. Not shitting all over everything based off of only a couple cracked seeds and speculation. Who knows, maybe all of those seeds will grow into being The Dankness. Or you’ll get 10% germination rate and all males. Only way to find out is by putting those seeds in the dirt, just the same way SpeesCees put his money where his mouth is.
I look forward to seeing the unbiased results.