Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150812131835

TheGentlemanGhost wrote: I said I'm in the MGSForum which is far more active and up to date with any type of new info. I think everyone knew customization was in the game for MGO. But no one was saying customization is the surprise, it being connected to Ishmael could be. Again, my intent isn't really to debate that Ishmael is our custom character without a shadow of a doubt or something, I'm just more so surprised to see some one find so many weird reasons as to why it couldn't happen and have so much defiance toward the idea lol.

Like I said, if Ishamel is us and we join DD along side Big Boss, I and many others think it's a thrill. If you don't than I think you're in the minority. I even noticed YongYea believes this theory as well (which I didn't know until recently), it's not really a bad idea to most people. If you don't like it, fine. Its just your excuses for it to not be possible that's strange. Where in my comments did I say it "couldn't happen"? I don't personally see my reasoning as weird at all. Perhaps you see it that way because you want the theory to be true. There are perfectly valid reasons for why Ishmael being a custom character is silly. I named you a few, and you didn't refute them. For instance, if Ishmael were the custom character, are we expected to believe that there are no female customization options?

If character creation is in-depth, you should be able to select gender. Other popular franchises have allowed such options. Also, it's believed that Kiefer is the voice actor for Ishmael. Why hire Kiefer to do more motion capture and voice work, when you could hire almost anyone for a custom character?

There are a number of holes with this "Ishmael is custom" theory. Is it possible that Ishmael is custom? Maybe, but has anyone even bothered to explain how that might work, especially with Kiefer playing the character?

I never said it wouldn't be neat to be in the game, but I don't see why Ishmael has to be involved. There's also a limit to what character creation allows. You might be able to make a character would looks vaguely like you, but you wont be able to put an exact duplicate of yourself in the game. So you should probably give up any hope of seeing yourself next to Big Boss.

Yong has been right about a lot of things, but he's also been wrong before. He was one of the people who got the theory going that Ishmael was the Medic. Now that he's aware of customization, he's all of a sudden on board with it being Ishmael. I saw the video where he says he believes Ishmael is custom, but he hasn't given many reasons why. If Yong happens to read these forums and stumble upon this comment, I'd ask that he please do a more in-depth analysis of this theory and why he believes it's true. Because much like PythonSelkan, he's gotten fans all riled up on theories that have turned out being wrong.

Regardless of whether MGSForum is more active, there's no way to prove who's in the minority without doing some type of survey. If you think my "excuses" are strange, then please explain how they are strange, or get someone else to do so.