Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-1672596-20141124002418

Jim Logan wrote: Well Weedle everyone figured out who Eli was the second he appeared on the screen. If Hideo said "Oh yeah Liquid is Eli" now people like Python would instantly start a theory going "Why would Hideo wait this long to tell us something so apparent?" So why did he even bother confirming Miller, Naked Snake, Ocelot, and Huey's identities or at least strongly implying who they were anyways (especially Miller when he literally had no real business revealing his identity as it wasn't even hinted at, much less revealed, until the second ending's timeline)? Not much point even bothering to do that especially if he's not going to do the same with Eli, and keep in mind, most of those guys were major characters and/or obvious anyways that didn't need stating, yet Kojima seemed to think us stupid enough to flat out tell us.