Talk:Simon "Ghost" Riley

Sorry, is any of this confirmed at all? Frazzlet 11:46, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

None. Str Devil53 11:52, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Could someone add a link to where it was stated Craig Fairbrass voices Ghost? Frazzlet 17:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265492/

Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) (VG) (filming) .... Ghost (Ever121 15:21, 20 August 2009 (UTC))

Ghost
If you look on the picture for issue #2 the background looks kind like the city in which Al-Asad blows the nuke in CoD:4...

Troll
I've seen some guy has been trolling this artical. --VaultGuru 20:29, October 11, 2009 (UTC)


 * It's no problem really. It takes them longer to type that nonsense than it does for us to click on 'Undo' and 'Save page'. [[Image:smiley.gif]] Moozipan Cheese 20:43, October 11, 2009 (UTC)

Hes still at it. --VaultGuru 21:40, October 11, 2009 (UTC)


 * Taken care of. Thanks guys! 21:50, October 11, 2009 (UTC)

english
there is the english flag so why it no say it as english


 * Where's the English flag? That's the Union Flag/Union Jack, which is the British flag. Meaning England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The English flag is a red cross on a white background. Moozipan Cheese 18:33, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

I'm going to put it nicely: ENGLAND IS PART OF BRITAIN 18:29, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

i thought england is a country so is it a state?


 * ...What are you talking about man? England is a country, and is part of Great Britain. The flag on Ghost's arm is the Union Flag - which is the flag of Great Britain. Therefore, Ghost is British. He could be English, but he could also be Welsh, Northern Irish or Scottish. Moozipan Cheese 18:43, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

i dont get it. is great britiain a country and they are north south west and east?


 * If you care so much, do some reading on Great Britain. It's not particularly interesting though, but I don't think I can explain it much clearer. Great Britain is a kingdom consisting of the countries England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They all have individual flags too, so seeing as how Ghost has the Great British (Union) Flag on his arm, he could come from any of these countries. Although, judging from his cockney accent, I personally think it is safe to assume he's English. Moozipan Cheese 18:54, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

i get it now. but i just looked a britiana is realy small like REAALLY small. anyone think american (YEAH!) could be them in a shooting war?


 * Well yeah, America's a continent and "super power". We British are just an island. But we're very close allies, so... Moozipan Cheese 19:29, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

lol whats the point in being alies? just take the country and stuff.


 * Um... if America took over Britain, that will cause a World War. American allies will start to fear America since they broke the ally...ship? And Britain's allies would attack America. Besides, why need to? Britain and America are good (comparatively) and they're good allies. CirChris  -Here to help!  Fading  Fast...  20:51, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Erm... yeah =S 19:51, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Well Russia+Britain=Bigger than america even if russia did side with america and take britain theyd probaly make an east london wall thats what happend last time-Dizer.01 23:40, November 13, 2009 (UTC)

This is the bloody stupidest argument I have EVER read on the internet. EVER. - Anonymous

Couldn't agree more. Doc.Richtofen 16:09, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Britain would OWN America in a war, we dont go around shooting our own men and we hav a much more professional army. Just making my views clear. :D

Did that nameless guy just honestly suggest America should take over Britain?....after not being able to figure out weather or not England was a country or not? Dude... seriously, being English myself, I can tell you that you really don't help the British stereotypical view on America. While American has more men, Britian has tended to have more better trained units, although this is diminishing in recent years due to cross unit trainning programs and the real life task forces. Also the friendly fire incidents were only about 2 major times. It's just a stereotype that really should be forgotten. Plus, why would we have a war? it wouldn't exactly be a quick take over and we have so much more to gain as a allies rather than enemies. So yeah, in conclusion, Mr "I won't tag my name" is bloody thick. --Necrosis103 00:20, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

Wow, whoever said the America would lose in a war against Britain, we bailed Britain out of WWI,WWII, against the Nazi Army (one of the strongest ever) while taking down Japan. You wanna know why Germans and Japanease WWII troops treating British as humans and Americans as demons, well there's a stroy that one day a hill that was being held by the Germans were under attack by the British, the war conditions turned out so the British retreated, however the next day the Americans attacked in even wrose conditions (bright sun, gasses everywhere) Many Americans while climbing the hill dropped the guns, took out their knife and started climbing the hill on all fours since the hill was so steep, the sun was shining in their eyes making it seem glowing red, they slashed German troops to death, while their mouths were foaming from no gas masks, they were nicknamed The Devil's Hounds (or something like that) and were ordered to treat all American POWs as suck, turned out the Americans lost only a few men, while the Germans suffered HEAVY casualties. So whoever said Britain could own America, I couldn't say so, it would be to confusing, several thousand troops would not take place in the war, but if they did go into a SERIOUS war I think America would win in the front line campaign, while the British would work well in the secret missions, to close to call.

My God...Everyone, as an American I implore you not to let the views of these idiots become your general view of all Americans. Some of us understand the differences and similarities between England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, and the UK. Not all of us are arrogant jackasses parading around in our superpower status. But for the record, to stop this nonsense, in a war between USA and the UK, there would be no winner. They are both nuclear weapon states, and mutually assured destruction would prevent a victor.--Vaile 23:40, November 25, 2009 (UTC) Too right. No one seems to realise that a war doesn't have to be won.Doc.Richtofen 21:12, November 26, 2009 (UTC)

Ye Hi i'm the guy who said Britain would OWN, on 2nd thoughts everyone would just get fairly pissed off and nuke each other, the only winners would be........... Australia!

i have to agree because australia was the first to beat the japanese on land if my facts are right and australia would pwn. but if only we had more people....

...The Russians won WWII for us, no the Americans. Plus Germany was in an economic crisis before the Americans joinned in and we're going to loose, especially when winter set in, which the Russians could move through due to have been living in Russian enviroments. If we recall a certain game featured on this wiki, it was the Russians that took down Berlin. The Americans took down the Japanese yes, but they were being funded by the nazis, and thus the economic crisis would have stopped them eventually as well. Also, as for a modern day between Britian and America...well as the saying goes "World War 3 will be fought with nukes. World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones". No one would win. And if this pointless pseudo-patroitic arguement continues, I'm going to delete it. Also sign your posts guys. --Necrosis103 11:07, November 27, 2009 (UTC)


 * Totally agreed. The Russian Army took Berlin, so they won the War. All the Americans could do was nuke Japan to hell, kill millions of INNOCENT people and claim themselves the true victors. Then they started bullying the Soviet Union, even though they were close allies in the war, because they [America] wanted to be the only superpower in the world. Mutiny to me. Regarding the US bailing Britain out of the war, Britain had the biggest empire in the world during WWI. We could have won the war only with the help of Russia, France and other British colonies. And regarding WW2, the US was neutral until they were attacked in 1941, a whole 2 YEARS into the war. China, Russia and India could have defeated Japan without America's help. Video games have given too much credit to the American army (looking at Medal of Honor in particular). Case closed. Oh and just so you know, this is totally unbiased because I am actually half-american, so don't go saying I'm biased. 15:41, December 7, 2009 (UTC)

F-tards. Look, I am American, and I think that both American soldiers and British soldiers are equally efficient at doing their duties, and virtually no reason for war between them will ever occur. EVER. And for all you bullshitters who say shit like "the Russians won the war" and "the British won the war" and "Americans won the war" are, like I said, BULLSHITTERS. There is a reason why they were called WORLD WARS. Because if Russia didn't participate, or Britain didn't participate, or America, or the Philippines, or India, or China, or Australia, or New Zealand, or any other nation with the Allies, WE WOULD HAVE LOST. And all that shit about Nuking innocents in Japan, I want you to listen closely. THE JAPS KILLED MORE CHINESE THAN THE NAZIS KILLED JEWS. Around 15 million Chinese died in the war, and we told the Japanese to stop or suffer the consequences, and they didn't, SO WE BOMBED THE SHIT OUT OF THEM. In my opinion, it would have been like nuking Berlin, exept the Russians already DESTROYED THE CITY. No one ever flames about that. As my dad says, "In the European theatre, the evil of the Russians was only surpassed by that of the Nazis." I think that Americans and Russians alike both made the right decisions about attacking the enemy deep in their heartland in order to stop their evil. This also applies to modern day, but the instead it is the Arabs and the Jews. I hate radical Muslims that think Jews should be eradicated. At the Munich Massacre at the Olympics, 10 Arab nations refused to put their flags at half mast to honor the dead (Jewish) members of the Israeli Olympic team. For anyone that is too young or too stupid to know what I a talking about, please look it up. BTW, not signing your posts is the most annoying thing EVER. Even if you aren't a registered user, you can sign your posts. Just type ~ ~ ~ ~ at the end, without the spaces for anyone that was neglecting to sign their posts unintentionally. CoD addict 06:17, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

Shut the hell up people. This is a discussion page, not a troll forum/flame war. Ghost is British, and most likely English. End.

I Zoa I 04:52, January 13, 2010 (UTC) --

Guys take a look at this one ! ---NooBiBoy

http://www.mw2blog.com/modern-warfare-2-ghost-comic-issue-1-preview/

This is a discussion page, not a forum! I would like this section destroyed! 72.220.153.202 21:59, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Fate?
He and Roach are killed at the end by a burning cigar? Having trouble buying that.


 * Actually, he's already dead when he's burned, and his body was doused in gas.  Captain Baird  Comm-LinkService Record 04:57, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

GameAnyone has recently released a video, and Ghost does die in Loose Ends. The information will be restored next Tuesday. Dibol 08:34, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

So both the character you play as and the most badass character in the game die?!? What the fuck were they thinking? -Ouroboros Omega 14:11, November 10, 2009 (UTC)


 * They were thinking that people would become attached to the characters and be good and pissed off when they went after Shepherd. It certainly worked on me.  Captain Baird  Comm-LinkService Record 04:57, November 11, 2009 (UTC)

Same hereDoc.Richtofen 16:20, November 13, 2009 (UTC)

I don't think Ghost and Roach die.

How could they possibly be alive? Unless Archer and Toad suddenly drove a firetruck out of the woods, doused Roach and Ghost with water while taking fire from Shadow Company, and evaced them, they are dead. Even if that were to happen, Ghost is dead before even being set on fire and Roach was bleeding out, and most likely very rapidly. If Roach was somehow doused with water, he may have a chance of living, but Ghost is definitely dead. The fire itself was overkill for him in the first place.

I Zoa I 04:50, January 13, 2010 (UTC)

At the beginning of Loose Ends you can see Ghost crouching when the mines go off and if you do the same you just die, and Ghost can survive that he can certainly survive a pistol. Also if you look closely only Roach gets doused with oil.

Misleading Information
In the, i believe, fate section, there is a piece of trivia. Seeing as it is already in the trivia section, i will dispose of it. Doc.Richtofen 16:21, November 18, 2009 (UTC)

Ghost and Sheperd
Ghost sounds familar he kinda sounds like either Captain price or Gaz. Also Why did Sheperd the Bastard kill Roach and Ghost?

Ghost is voiced by Craig Fairbrass, who also voiced Gaz. Shepherd killed Roach and Ghost because it was all part of a plan to get revenge for the nuke in CoD4: MW, which was started by using Allen to get Russia to invade the U.S. 00:27, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

Yes, at first I thought that ghost sounded much like Gaz, and I even hoped that somehow Gaz survived (maybe he became disfigured hence the mask)but then I read the article, and learned that he was just voiced by the same person :( Poor Gaz...

Shot more than once?
In the execution scene at the end of the level, Shepherd shoots Ghost just once with the .44, but when you see his body get tossed in the ditch it looks like he has two more gunshot wounds on his torso. Is it likely that the Shadow Company commandos shot him off-camera to ensure he was dead?

It's probable. Doc.Richtofen 21:08, November 26, 2009 (UTC)

Well, most people use un-jacketed ammunition for pistols, and without a full metal jacket, the round separates while in the body of whoever it hits, and thus creating potential multiple exit holes.(Unregistered Contributor)

Qoute
I thought Ghost says "Bloody Yanks!" and not "Damn Yanks!"?LW556DCJ 04:30, November 27, 2009 (UTC)

He does say bloody yanks, just listen and turn on the subtitles.

'Ghost'
One thing i don't get, it's the book. His name is Simon Riley yet the person with mask says his mate is simon riley. What the hell? Doc.Richtofen 18:35, November 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * I was just thinking that. Someone with the comic comfirm if its him or his mate.--79.67.24.135 20:12, November 30, 2009 (UTC)


 * I think he's telling it in the 3rd person to keep the hostage takers off guard --XavierGTR 04:54, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

It could be that this is a different character altogether.   Maj.Gage   Talk . 19:57, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

I'm guessing Simon Riley dies and Ghost assumes his name. ShortRoundMcfly 18:42, December 7, 2009 (UTC)

Since the article itself doesn't actaually mention the comic saying that Riley is Ghost (I don't know, I haven't read the comic yet), I say the title should be changed back to "Ghost", and maybe Simon Riley can have his own article.Gmanington MCCCXLII 23:10, January 14, 2010 (UTC)

Simon "Ghost" Riley & Gaz Theory
I possibly have a reason why Simon "Ghost" Riley sounds obivously like Gaz. Gaz' full name was never revealed and since he died, another guy called "Ghost" comes along, a possible theory is that Gaz and Simon Riley are possibly related, Cousins? Brothers? If so this may answer why they have similar voices. --SupCom Josh 02:51, December 6, 2009 (UTC)

um, they just both were voiced by the same person. i dont think they are related...--digital 13:39, December 8, 2009 (UTC)

Proof he is SAS.
In that comic part, it confirms he's part of the SAS and also at the time calls him a Lieutenant.

Ghost's face in trailer?
the last point of the trivia says his face can be seen in a trailer while "sitting the the menu"? Could someone please explain that? I've had my Campaign menu running for two minutes (pc) and no trailer came. What menu and what platform are we talking about? Is there a youtube clip of this supposed trailer? 92.229.118.165 22:05, December 19, 2009 (UTC)

In the reveal trailer, you can find it on youtube, theres a man of either brazillian or african, possibly asian decent thats part of task force 141 (by decent i mean ancestors of course not that he lived there) and hes ghost placeholder. If you look between ghost's mask and glasses his white so this wouldn't be the true face of ghost. Ghost is caucasian, from what I can see in between his glasses and mask. -Fluffylicious

Weapon Choice
I noticed that the trivia says that Ghost uses an ACR w/ ACOG the majority of the campaign levels. In my own personal playthroughs, I've noticed he uses an M4 in most of the levels. Should the trivia be editted?

Well, first of all it would be nice if you would sign this post but.... I think that the best thing to do in this situation is to put down both of them, because he uses both frequently. Batman Rider 04:53, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

Rank
A little while ago it said that Ghost was a sergeant. Now it says he's a leutenant. I'm confused? Batman Rider 04:59, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

I'm confused why in the info box beneath Ghost's picture, it says he's a Seargeant, but was promoted to Lt. in the comic. How does that work? I seriously doubt that Ghost of all people got demoted.

I Zoa I 13:03, January 13, 2010 (UTC)

Australian?
Can someone please cite a source proving that Ghost was born in Australia? Otherwise this trivia might be considered mere speculation. Corporal Morgan, RRoS 14:49, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

It is speculation. Everyone can see the Union Jack on his arm. Doc.Richtofen 14:55, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

Thought as much really. I was just going to delete it, but I see you beat me to it Doc. Corporal Morgan, RRoS 15:01, January 10, 2010 (UTC)

QUOTES
we should have a quote section

An excellent proposal, would fit with other pages, but please remember to sign your posts. Corporal Morgan, RRoS 17:46, January 15, 2010 (UTC)