WinstonSmith wrote:
I got the pattern of the numbers, I was just curious as to why it started at C specifically. Good job spotting that, anyhow.

yeah, but where is the pattern from?

It's amazing how this game affected me. Now after playing this game so much, i started using the word "cake" everytime i don't know what to say D:

pestchamber wrote:
yeah, but where is the pattern from?

What does 9, 6 and 3 remind you?

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:
What does 9, 6 and 3 remind you?

Nothing.

pestchamber wrote:
Nothing.

It's an arithmetic progression.

WinstonSmith wrote:
So...you're counting by threes. In that case, why wouldn't there be a zero under the first C?

You know... That was how I wrote this when I first discovered this. Or no, there wasn't a zero, just next letter (L) was above a one.

WinstonSmith wrote:
So...you're counting by threes. In that case, why wouldn't there be a zero under the first C?

God, i feel like an idiot now.

pestchamber wrote:
God, i feel like an idiot now.

jrlauer wrote:
WinstonSmith wrote:

I do feel quite dull-witted now.

We all feel that here on a daily basis.

Taken from thread "Quick Question From New Member"

WinstonSmith wrote:
Taken from thread "Quick Question From New Member"

WinstonSmith wrote:
Taken from thread "Quick Question From New Member"

Makes me laugh too.

Changing the subject again (to keep it up):
What makes the portals unable to be placed on the metal walls?

pestchamber wrote:
Holy shit! We made a new page in only about an hour! let's keep it up!

Changing the subject again (to keep it up):
What makes the portals unable to be placed on the metal walls?

Concrete walls are more flat than metal ones, so a portal can fit more perfectly.

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:
Concrete walls are more flat than metal ones, so a portal can fit more perfectly.

lol

You mean something like this?

pestchamber wrote:
lol

You mean something like this?

Something more like this:

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:
Concrete walls are more flat than metal ones, so a portal can fit more perfectly.

I must respectfully disagree. I'm pretty sure concrete is a much rougher surface than metal. Metal can be made very smooth; do the concrete walls in Portal look all that flawless? If anything, I would think it would have something to do with the way that the "seed" of the wormhole (the orb shot from the ASHPD) takes "root" in the surface. It may be that the various imperfections, notches, grooves, etc. in a surface allow a sort of foothold for the portal to form and expand. Same with glass; that can be made incredibly smooth as well. The reason a portal simply bounces off metal/glass may be that it just slides off the surface until it fragments and dissolves.

Douglas Adams wrote:
That is my debating point, and you are now free to start hurling the chairs around!

WinstonSmith wrote:
Metal can be made very smooth; do the concrete walls in Portal look all that flawless?

The point is that metal surface is simply separated into the segments you see in any Portal level, and not one of them is able to accomodate a portal.

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:
The point is that metal surface is simply separated into the segments you see in any Portal level, and not one of them is able to accomodate a portal.

Good point...but...now that I think about it...can't you create portals over the borders between concrete slabs?

WinstonSmith wrote:
Good point...but...now that I think about it...can't you create portals over the borders between concrete slabs?

Yes, you can because the concrete slabs are more smooth than metal ones.