User blog:Nkechinyer/HHW States of America- Back by Popular Demand!

Hello Everyone!!!

Some of the older users might remember when I made this "HHW states of America" map back in early 2016. It was hilariously cringy, for sure.

[[File:HHWStatesofAmerica.png|thumb|160px|The United States of HHW. Made by CycloneNkechinyer.

(Old map, produced 2016)]]

Obviously, I had no clue what I was doing with this map- it was old, bland, and doesn't fit the times. I got to thinking about it tonight and I thought "well, why not do another one?"

So, sure enough, I have!!! After nearly two years in the dark, we finally have another version.

Okay, so quite a bit has changed with this map, of course. Some states we've gained new, notable users for and others have left following further research. Here's some of the notable things to occur:

Lucarius joined us from the state of Colorado, adding it to the green column.

Cooper became HHW's first notable Maryland user, eliminating the much less noteworthy Gjaster from the position.

HHW gained users from: Illinois, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, and Colorado.

Brick passed Yellow Flash of The Leaf for the top Louisiana slot on this map.

MH became the by far the most notable Massachusetts user.

Only Five states east of the Mississippi do not have a recorded HHW User: Vermont, Rhode Island, West Virginia, South Carolina, and Mississippi.

Overall, it seems HHW has expanded slightly to new horizions statewide, with less red than the previous map. But there's still quite a bit, possibly forever, to get every US State on the books.

However, HHW has seen a lot of substantial growth internationally. This means for the first time, you get...

HHW INTERNATIONAL!!!

The international locations have now been mapped out too. Back in 2016, this segment would have been smaller, featuring Mexico, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Myanmar, Portugal, and India. But, it has since substantially expanded- enough so to have its own little green and red map! yay!

The joining of Olo left Spain in the green, as did SRG Science with Germany. Prism also joined, adding Slovakia, which should be one of the harder countries to find, to the green column. Giedrius also added Lithuania to the green.

Abdullah takes Saudi Arabia, while Layten retains England, unpassed.

HHW's most substantial growth has been in Asia. At the time of the first edition in 2016, only Bumblebee of India and Icecraft of Myanmar would have fit into Asia. But a recent flow of Asian users has added a few more to the list- Farm and the Philippines, RyanKnack and Singapore, and BlueTiger and Hong Kong, in addition to some (unwanted) trolls from the UAE. With East Asian growth paramount, are Asian users HHW's next big thing? (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan anyone???)

All in all, I just thought it would be fun to revisit this and see how it has evolved in the past two years, and maybe (kinda) predict the future :P. And before anyone asks- No, this is not an unretirement message, lol.

You all have a nice day!

-Dane