Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5085906-20130627191357/@comment-64.33.250.214-20150822211404

88.193.240.30 wrote: I'm not sure how many people are involved, I've seen 2 videos showcasing the guide and over 10 pictures of the guide. But those videos and pictures are extremely convincing to me. I have no doubt in my mind that they're real. Some guy even claimed that he saw the guide in a store and it looked exactly like in the videos / pictures. And yeah, in that "Who is Ishmael?"-page it looks like some of the points are pretty much identical to some theories, but there is new stuff as well, such as Ocelot saying to Eli that "your father is not here" even though Venom Snake was nearby, DNA testings indicating that Eli and Venom Snake aren't related, Huey suspecting Venom Snake's identity the first time they meet... Of course that is something the fans could come up with, but having seen all the pictures and videos, I just don't think they're fake. There's so much content and pictures and artwork that we have never seen before. You would have to be truly desperate to fake all that.

We still shouldn't jump to accept all of it as fact until a credible source hints at some confirmation. All that stuff about DNA testing and people not trusting Big Boss could easily be made up. Is there anyone who knows how much of the guide contains images we've never seen? Could any of those images have been photoshopped?

Never underestimate how far people are willing to go to pull a stunt. There have been fake trailers and fake leaked plots for the game before. PythonSelkan have spent untold hours mashing together text and footage to support their theories. The leak could even be an inside job. Either to heighten publicity, or to distract fans from other rumors.

You can accept the leak at face value, but until someone credible can back it up, I'll take this information with a grain of salt.