Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-151.246.240.247-20130913120522/@comment-1672596-20140128105823

70.197.70.247 wrote:
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My first impression was that it's HotColdman as well, but I doubt he actually survived past Peace Walker. If he did, then there's more of Miller's own secret strategising that has yet to be revealed. Miller seems more and more suspicious all the time, doesn't he? A side from his motives, I love Kaz's character, he's probably my favorite cast addition to the series.

Although, backtracking, I still stand with the belief that HotColdman did perish in Peace Walker. If that is the case, I feel like Skull Face is Gene. Gene was in a position to be severly burned by the nuclear launch in Portable Ops and his dead wasn't confirmed. Then if you take Skull Face's codename Albatross into consideration, the albatross is historically known the be referred to as "the legendary bird," and the caption "A Ghost Without a Past" indicates to Gene's introduction to the world. Who was the legendary soldier of the 20th century and the mother of Black Ops? Who was his progenitor? The Boss.

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If you're implying that Miller is still a Cipher plant, forget it. The ending already implied that he quit Cipher thanks to Paz nearly ruining MSF (which he made clear to even Zero that he only allied with Cipher to ensure MSF expanded).
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And the playtest article's dubious right now. Either way, Skull-Face cannot be Gene (Gene wasn't even near the place where an explosion would occur. Big Boss and his men were the only ones at the area with direct risk to being caught in the blast).