Oh, come on, helmets covering the eyes look so cool, and in-game you have the ability to make your head invisible, so it's nothing really.
Plus that first helmet ought to be very comfortable, leaving a very nice empty space for mouth and nose making it "good to breathe", although it's painfully ugly, but hey, back in the seventies people thought going out in all-yellow clothing, with big black power with shiny things on it and 30cm shoes was the peak of fashion...
And look now: people actually think acting retardedly gay, crying around and cutting yourself is the only way to get hot chicks and get past adolescence, making music about how she left the singer for another DUDE and how he cries about it and whatever, not to mention the all-covered face with hair and people going to hairstylers to make one's hair look completely uncombed or whatever you call it, men are not men any longer, you make me sad world, you make me sad.
Good thing they can never put an end to good ol' scotch, pipe and cigars.
Still, The only helmet I really like are those guard helmets with neckguards and the old bucket helmets, anything else is usually ridiculous. Style > protection.