True, but the reason I did it this way was because it would be more interesting if the players actually try to figure out who's who instead of already knowing. Problem is, it does leave something to be desired with communication, as you mentioned. 

Well, one reason I thought this would work is because it would give a 'realistic response' because the players truly don't know who is who and would then give a better suited reaction. In theory, at least. And it's not as if the player's will be [i]totally[/i] unaware of each other's identities. The point of hiding them is so that the players put in effort trying to find out the secretes for themselves. That way, it would add another element to this RP and makes it more interesting.