Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-17468962-20140610143947/@comment-25185642-20140716135939

Don't forget that in the long run....He will always be known as Big Boss. The punished and venom surnames in my opinion reflects on what we have seen so far in the trailers. I think these surnames are meant to be used only during the promotion/trailers part of the game. To keep us more in check with what is happening to Big Boss. These names reveal to us the inside feelings of Big Boss, last year he was punished, and we could tell by looking at his scared face, sad almost.

But this year we call him venom, and I totally understood why, hes going batshit insane(scene with blood in his face\ smothering his face with ashes). He has become an angry person, a snake ready for a kill at any moment, ready to poison whoever he comes into contact with. Terrifying almost.

In a nutshell, I believe these surnames are specifically in place for us during the trailer/Hype portion of the game.