I have been flying sims for about 9 years now, I started back in the days when Falcon 3.0 was THE sim to fly and a 386DX was THE processor to have with 1MB Ram.
I pretty much flew single player all the time, but it was only after IL-2 came out that my passion for flight sims grew.
Running LAN meets and joining DEY has shown me the light in terms of how it's not a planes performance that makes you an ACE - it's your skills as a pilot and the team you fly with, and the DeadEyes Squad is an excellent team!  At this point my main rides are the Fw-190 and Ta-152's, I just love the fire power and speed of these things.
But being some what of a perfectionist, I find myself getting frustrated more often than not as I haven't quiet mastered these planes.....yet.