I'll take these one at a time:
but so what is he done then? has that been "confirmed" by anyone???? cause people need those genetics he has his hands in some crazy workings... people need to know that shit.
i understand how a hobby becomes a job allll too much. i hate that shit and totally understand.... but i do see the side of him getting recognition over the drama. i dont think anybody that actually grew the shit started all too much drama... buncha kids askin questions...
Agree with you there.
i'd say getting more than 100$ for a pack all day is some recognition, let alone up into the THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS for 10 seeds. 10 seeds, thousands of dollars. that's going to create drama.... no matter what precautions are taken. this is a huge game of hungry hungry hippos it seems like... i just want to eat the good ones :)
Agree again, except to note that the market dictated the price on those--not Alien. That is definitely recognition from those of us who appreciated the drop--but the reality is that Alien caught a lot of flak for it, and he never should have. That was totally unfair to him.
i think saying you are "lucky" to grow someones beloved strain should be if they are testers that are crazy, or be given to you. "luck" has no involvement in a purchase, in my opinion. if its being labeled as finding a shitload of dank phenos, and is priced accordingly, why would you expect different? you pay for what you get, that simple.
Here's where I disagree. Yes, buying something has nothing to do with luck (except on some of those limited packs).
However, I think there is luck involved when a guy who blatantly does not want to release his strains agrees to after months of begging and swearing he never would.
can't let the haters get you down or discourage you, its totally taking the head down approach. FUCK EM! if your getting G'skis for a pack of beans, people know your doing shit right.
Agree, but that's a bit too cut and dry. Some people hold their good name in higher regard than a few G's.
dont cater to everyone just your market, business 101. but in every single business nowadays you HAVE to clock in wearing a kevlar vest and a cup, if you let a little banter get you down, even if you sell hotdogs you wont make it. people suck they always have.....
Well that's exactly the point isn't it?
The guy wanted a hobby, not a job with a prerequisite bullet proof vest and testicle protection. I think the disconnect is that people don't realize that he doesn't really give a shit what you think of his strains or the prices people paid for them.
He just wants to live his life and do his hobby the way
he wants to do it, without judgment, fanfare, or derision. Can you blame him?
Maybe--but honestly if you really look at this for what it was--a guy who had a hobby that turned into a job for him, it makes perfect sense that he'd want to take the step back.
i still dont see any reason why not to dust a couple here and there and pay your years mortgage with it, it i were Alien.
Again I agree, but like I said to him this really is such an important hobby of his.
I'm a violinist. I love playing the violin, I've done it since I was 2. I had the opportunity to attend my choice of musical conservatories--Juliard, Berkeley, Birmingham Conservatoire. I chose against it because I didn't want to turn a personal love of mine into a job.
Everyone in my life though I was insane, but years down the line I am comfortable with my decision--and my violin still comforts me when I'm having a bad day, rather than being a source of bad days as it was during my professional career.
Sure it might pay the bills, but what is the opportunity cost? What is foregone? The answer isn't nothing when it comes to stuff like this, I assure you.