Personally, I like the internal view better than external for the same reasons as mentioned above. Blind spots were real and had to be overcome. Using enemy blind spots to get into position is part of the tactics used in WWII.
On the Shades, I totally agree... Forum accounts should be tied to an actual Aces High Account and the name should be the same for both.
I, for one, think that an AH account should not be granted unless identifying information is provided such as a Credit Card number, etc.
Seems like 90% of the problems is created by .01% of the people flying in H2H and they tend to use many AH shade accounts.
On the Simulator Sickness thing, it is for real:
http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/11/sim_sickness/index.html Apparently sea sickness and simulator sickness are similar.
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