i dunno how big the peaks are on the masks you guys are wearing, or infact what kinds of games ur playing...
but by the sounds of it these things must be at least a foot long, and people come at you from high up in the trees....
come on gents (and ladies), its about 2" long at the most.... if you get taken out by a shot to the peak your either unlucky, or youve just escaped a ball that would tw*t your head anyway, and if it obstructs your vision STOP TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH IT!
whichever sport your into which needs a mask/helmet. sooner or later someone always brings up the "peaks are gay" threads, notably in downhill mountain biking, where riders where taking the peaks off to make them more areodynamic. (ffs... its bike, not a jet).
personally im not bothered, but it all boils down to personal opinion, it has practical uses/drawbacks just like anything else. and it has "fashion implications" just like anything else.
its just a peak. get over it....