I sat in front of the display, transmitter in hand, flying planes on the simulator. I call that playing. It certainly is not working.
I spent at 2-3 hours with G3 and 5-6 with APFD in the comfort of my home.
Maybe I'm a natural at flying planes and I don't need a sim.
I'm telling you that the sims had an negative effect on my flying at the field. I don't need your validation to make it so. The first thing I said after my first session was that I got to quit playing on the sims because it felt like I took a step backwards.
You sound more interested in veiled personal attacks than considering the possibility that a sim can hurt.
Oh, and people celebrate successes and not failures. How many of the people can you name who failed to make the first Trans-Atlantic flight? Also, just because you haven't heard of something doesn't make it a fact.
You need serious help here. You're right. Sims can hurt your flying ability. I know little about you, so I have no idea if you are a natural to RC or not. What I do know is that until I buckled up and worked hard at learning on my sim, I regressed. I used to crash for fun on the sim. Now, I fly the sim plane like my real plane. I concentrate on how the sim plane is flying and I do way more than twittle the sticks. Since this paradigm shift in my sim use, I have come a long way. ya need to do it right or you will hurt your skills.(as you seem to claim)