The Moniker "Shalashaska"

[jboord44]

Did anybody else think the explanation for this famous moniker should have been....cooler??

Ive listened to the audio tape in-game several times over, and I still couldn't summarize how ocelot got the name to somebody in layman's terms. It's a long boring story about how he was interrogating people at a gulag? And then how shaska is another name for sword, but then somehow at some point they began calling him shaska, and then over time that morphed into shalashaska?

It's so convoluted and filled with boring detail that I just think it could have been juicier lol. It's too complex to even recite back to somebody without getting lost.

[f.]

Boring just like Ocelot in this game so it fits perfectly

[Poulaid]

According to http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Revolver_Ocelot :
Ocelot's nickname of Shalashaska (gained from the Mujahideen he tortured during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan) was derived from the mispronunciation of a portmanteau of the words "Sharaska" - a slang term for a suspicious, hastily thrown together organization which was also applied to secret R&D facilities in Soviet labor camps and "Shaska" - a type of saber from the Caucasus, for his legendary bravery and fighting ability (in tribute to Fyodor Arturovich Keller). When put together they create the word "Sharashaska" which then became Shalashaska.

So yes... it would have been nice to actually know how he did get his "Shaska"... like in a mission where you could play as him (I am still dreaming)

[REPENT]

Seems like Kojima lost his touch after MGS3

[Poulaid]

Maybe because Konami had a grasp on him. It's a choice to assume that the end result is only because of him.
I just believe in him again after seeing the trailer of his new game, but that could just be hype. I'll think of it again when the game will actually be released :)