Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-166.137.88.23-20130610185107/@comment-6747658-20130618233652

Thing is though, the script of TTSis far more closer to the original Japanese script of MGS1. Also, despite Kojipro saying that TTS isn't in the HD collection cause it's not made by Kojima is rather...well a lame excuse. The main reason, that I believe why TTS isn't in the HD collections, is that there just are too many nintendo references in that game and the control layout isn't exactly standard either.

And what about the ingame novel featured in MGS2 that retells the story of MGS1, one would think that is canon as it is basically a noelization done by Konami themselves.

But to go back on topic whether Eli is Liquid or not, I must admit there are many hints regarding this but more so in the subtle references and not so much in his appearans and a demeanor we only see for a few seconds. Cause really, if we go off on how people dress and behave in one single shot then anyone could be anyone, an open shirt doesn't instantly scream Liquid to me, and Eli's demeanor, what is pretty much him shifting in his seat, doesn't scream Liquid to me either.

His name however, how it is refered to the biblical character Eliab, who is a brother to King David and has 6 other siblings, that is a subtle reference and yet is a greater hint then most everything else people have said about Eli. Eliab was said to be tall and have fair features but his heart was not in the right place and thus unfit to be king, David on the other hand did have his heart in the right place and was the one to face and defeat Goliath.

So if Eliab is Eli, whom is suppossedly Liquid, David would then be Solid, who's real name is David and Goliath is of course, Metal Gear.. So yeah, Eli's possible name reference makes more sense then trying to link his open shirt to Liquid's open shirt.