And on topic:
Sometimes I don't get this obsession with shades. As long as no harm is done, what does the name of a pilot matter?
Each time I reopened an AH account in the recent years, I played under a different names for like two weeks before getting my old handle back. It wasn't a second account, I didn't harass anyone, I didn't stir things up on any channel and I was never posing as a n00b. I just played my game.
Each time I had players going ballistic after getting shot down, 'accusing' me of being a shade, 'pretending to be a new player' and vowed to 'expose me'. Obviously getting killed by a name they don't recognize is a grave insult.
No, I really don't get it.