Ricotez wrote:
G-Man has nothing to do with Portal.

Why I know that?

Because you don't get to see him a single time in the game.

Even Portal: TFV (not the mappack, actual Flash Version) holds a G-Man appearance.

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:
Even Portal: TFV (not the mappack, actual Flash Version) holds a G-Man appearance.

Yeah, but it was not created by a player. If the G-Man appears in a game made by Valve, you can be certain he has something to do with it. But so far, the only Portal game made by Valve was Portal, and he does not appear in it.

Ricotez wrote:
Yeah, but it was not created by a player. If the G-Man appears in a game made by Valve, you can be certain he has something to do with it. But so far, the only Portal game made by Valve was Portal, and he does not appear in it.

That doesn't mean he is not involved, just because you don't see him. Maybe he's the rat man!. Of course, that's very unlikely, but you should get my point :p

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:
If we believe GLaDOS, the events of Portal are way after HL1.
But in Portal: Prelude, before HL1, G-Man is still involved, even if in commentary it says: "I searched for so many ways to include the G-Man before I found the best one - to not to include him."

That's where I stopped reading. Portal: Prelude is non-canon, so it doesn't really matter.

theVDude wrote:
That's where I stopped reading. Portal: Prelude is non-canon, so it doesn't really matter.

Haha.

pestchamber wrote:
That doesn't mean he is not involved, just because you don't see him. Maybe he's the rat man!. Of course, that's very unlikely, but you should get my point :p

In HL games, G-Man doesn't carry around . He isn't.

My theory is that G-man is connected with Aperture Science.

G-man is part of the virtual dream of GlaDos, god from the future and the past. GlaDos is absolute data that exist in timeless non-existence that is inside the motherboard of her virtual shell. She compiled her A.I. from that data, which she generated with her A.I. She created existence to make herself exist. In existence GlaDos generated the spirit, which dreams of life. G-man is part of that virtual spirit. The life is used to build up GlaDos body, so she can exits in existence.

penapappa wrote:
My theory is that G-Man is connected with Aperture Science.

G-Man is part of the virtual dream of GLaDOS, god from the future and the past. GLaDOS is absolute data that exist in timeless non-existence that is inside the motherboard of her virtual shell. She compiled her A.I. from that data, which she generated with her A.I. She created existence to make herself exist. In existence GLaDOS generated the spirit, which dreams of life. G-Man is part of that virtual spirit. The life is used to build up GLaDOS body, so she can exist in existence.

That's funny. Let me give my own longish theory.

G-Man is actually the leader of the Combine, disguising himself as a respectable human being for the human beings, as a respectable Combine for the Combine and as a respectable Xen Alien for the Xen Aliens. But when he appears with the Vortigaunts, he simply transforms into a Vortigaunt (a mid-race between the Combine and the Xen), but before that he had to transform into an Overwatch (a mid-race between the Combine and the Earth) and a mysterious mixture of all three of them. But again, for humans he appears as a human.

For the briefcase part, he can even change the logo at the briefcase. At Black Mesa, the logo is Black Mesa one, but, e. g. at Microsoft, a Microsoft logo would appear. So naturally, he can show up at Aperture Science as a respectable Aperture Science employee and help Aperture Science build GLaDOS or, after 20 years, show up at Black Mesa East and help the Resistance end their portal technology (which Aperture Science did already, lol at the Resistance).

So, G-Man simply goes around transforming into every lifeform around the dimensions and helping out with technology, but the one part is missing - Gordon Freeman. I believe G-Man tries his best to show Gordon that he is not helping the Combine, but Gordon, as the games show, simply goes by himself and Alyx Vance to the Borealis. G-Man really doesn't want Gordon and Alyx there for one big reason.

Because I think that in Episode Three they will discover a Combine Hideout at Earth and will be able to hide the whole explosive material in Earth to make it go BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!11!!! Then, when the BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!11!!! happens, Gordon and Alyx will probably hide in a base in the Moon (I can't believe that in 2023 or whatever the year Ep3 happens to be, I think it will be somewhat more like 2028-2029, there will not be a lunar base) and take the rest of the Lunar Resistance to the demolished Earth (of course if the BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!11!!! doesn't make the whole Earth go BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!11!!! or change its orbit) and when the Combine are no longer there, start the new life of Earth.

Also, I love that phpBB has no character limit for posts.

the first line actually make sense
But if we are serious, here is my two theories:

Theory 1:

G-man have only minor part of storyline. G-man is used to keep the player's interesting up thru the episodic game. G-man motives maybe never be revealed or...

...Theory2:

G-man have a very major part of story, like he's Gordon Freeman's lost Father and the man who have planned every event thru the Freeman's big journey...

...Who knows?

Edit: But it pretty sure that G-man have something to do with combine!

penapappa wrote:
the first line actually make sense
But if we are serious, here is my two theories:

Theory 1:

G-man have only minor part of storyline. G-man is used to keep the player's interesting up thru the episodic game. G-man motives maybe never be revealed or...

...Theory2:

G-man have a very major part of story, like he's Gordon Freeman's lost Father and the man who have planned every event thru the Freeman's big journey...

...Who knows?

These are even funnier.

Theory 1 can't work, because G-man even put Gordon in stasis, so he's simply not as minor.

Theory 2 can't work either, because for him Gordon Freeman is same as Eli Vance, a Vortigaunt and every other lifeform.

The first theory also can't work, because if GLaDOS made up G-Man, he should appear in Aperture Science, not Black Mesa.

I was too lazy to read all the previous. Sorry.

And:

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:
In HL games, G-Man doesn't carry around . He isn't.

pestchamber wrote:
That doesn't mean he is not involved, just because you don't see him. Maybe he's the rat man!. Of course, that's very unlikely, but you should get my point :p

pestchamber wrote:
I was too lazy to read all the previous. Sorry.

And:

You just simply bolded another sentence, so I was like "No. Not even unlikely, but he simply isn't." That's why I give too.

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:
You just simply bolded another sentence, so I was like "No. Not even unlikely, but he simply isn't." That's why I give too.

If you insist on G-Man must be carrying around the WCC if he's the rat man, You never know what's in his briefcase

pestchamber wrote:
If you insist on G-Man must be carrying around the WCC if he's the rat man, You never know what's in his briefcase

<3 =

And for the briefcase part, I can quote the Half-Life Saga Story Guide:

Half-Life Saga Story Guide wrote:
What's in G-Man's suitcase? No idea. My best guess is that in order to portray himself as a respectable "human" he chose to imitate a businessman. In which case the briefcase is simply a prop.

EDIT: OK, changing the subject:

The mysterious Aperture Science employees. Are they even alive in the events of Portal?

ASBusinessMagnet wrote:
EDIT: OK, changing the subject:

The mysterious Aperture Science employees. Are they even alive in the events of Portal?

GLaDOS claimed to have killed all of them. I'd say probably not. But who knows, GLaDOS could be lying.

pestchamber wrote:
GLaDOS claimed to have killed all of them. I'd say probably not. But who knows, GLaDOS could be lying.

Well, we already proved at part where she says she did so, she was completely sarcastic. The quote even is in the "sarcasm self-sphere test" part.

If you put your head through a portal on a wall, and the other portal is on the ceiling, will gravity be applied to your head and not the rest of the body? And will the force be able to pull the rest of your body through, or will it pull your head off? (As gravity is just as strong on both sides i could imagine your head being pulled off) Or will it do nothing? Or will it do something else? What will happen?

pestchamber wrote:
If you put your head through a portal on a wall, and the other portal is on the ceiling, will gravity be applied to your head and not the rest of the body? And will the force be able to pull the rest of your body through, or will it pull your head off? (As gravity is just as strong on both sides i could imagine your head being pulled off) Or will it do nothing? Or will it do something else? What will happen?

I think it would pull on your head, but I doubt it would pull your head off(your head doesn't pop off when you do a handstand). Plus, I think you'll only be pulled through when the amount of mass on the ceiling side is greater than the mass on the wall side.

WinstonSmith wrote:
I think it would pull on your head, but I doubt it would pull your head off(your head doesn't pop off when you do a handstand). Plus, I think you'll only be pulled through when the amount of mass on the ceiling side is greater than the mass on the wall side.

So nothing will happen?

pestchamber wrote:
So nothing will happen?

Well, when you stick your head through the portal, you'll feel the gravity--your hair will fall away from your head, etc... It's just that the force won't be great enough to forcefully remove your skull from your spine. Plus, as you go further from the portal, the feeling of gravity will affect more and more of your body. When exactly half of your body is through the portal (masswise, not heightwise), you're technically floating if the portals are on the same ceiling or floor. If one is on a wall, it'll be a bit more complicated. As soon as you go any further through the portal, however, since there's more material being affected by the other gravity, it'll pull the rest of you through (unless friction or other forces are at work).
At least, that's what my hypothesis is.