G-man

[ríomhaire]

I am continuing my quest to rid the forums of all stupid theories.
This is what I believe.
G-man's name isn't G-man. It is simply the model's name. Why because he looks like a g-man. A g-man is a government agent and it is what he is posing as. He uses a host body similar to the one that Breen was talking about at the end. This form was asumed to get easy access to Black Mesa and safe passage with the military. Hence the Black Mesa symbol on his briefcase. He keeps this form in HL2 because Gordon is somewhat familiar with it.

He does not control time, the thing at the end is caused by the teleport. Remember at the start when you are appearing on the train but it is all dark outside the train and there is no sound but then you are teleported in fully and there is a sudden burst of sound and you can see outside?

He works for an interdementional empire simiar to the Combine's. The Combine simply asimilate other races like the Borg but G-man's people are much more creative.

The reason he talkes the way he does is because he realy has to be carfull of what he says. He us not going to say
"I am an alien and part of an interdementional kingdom and you are going to do ower dirty work"
His sudden gasps are probably because he forgets to breath while talking.

 

[Pai-Mei]

While what you say MAY be true, (and in my opinion, is the most likely situation) you have no ****ing clue what the G-Man really is any more than any of us do.

And although you are right that "gman" started just a title for the model, it IS his working title. He is referred to as G-Man in the "Raising the bar" book, by all of Valve's team, and indirectly by the Prima strategy guide. ("G-Man about town" ) So don't get on us for calling him G-Man...

And the fact remains that he may very well be an actual g-man, we don't know. He even mentions the fact "that most of [Gordon's] weapons were government property anway." Granted, a lot of the evidence points away from this, and I don't personally believe that he works for a human government, but it is not known for certain.

We don't know... maybe he actually is controlling time, maybe he is from the future, or maybe he just works for an opposing Alien faction to the Combine, or ANYTHING. Maybe he's the Archangel Tyreal in corporeal form. Maybe he is a mutated tofu hotdog with no real agenda. You don't know and neither do we. Granted, I like to keep things simple and speculate that he CANNOT control time (except through slow-time warps), but you do not know this, nor the limit to his powers at all.

At the very least, if you are going to present an argument that you consider to rule all others out, give us some evidence. (Which I know there is plenty, but you did not cite much) Like for instance... I think the gman really works for an interdimensional mercenary group because, while he sent Gordon on a mission against the combine, Gordon's contract is up to the highest bidder. Hence, mercenary.

So quit calling everyone else's theories "Stupid" because yours is just that as well... a theory.

 

[ríomhaire]

I didn't mean it like that. I meant the theories about G-man being Gordon and that. I said it is not his name because people are making conections like G-man = Gordon Freeman. The government property thing you said is him choosing his words carefully. I think G-man's people took over the earths government as one of thier "creative" means of taking over. G-man won't let Gordon off to just any bidder I'd say. Only one who suits his perpose.

 

[Pai-Mei]

I think G-man's people took over the earths government as one of thier "creative" means of taking over.

Perhaps... I had never considered the possibility that there were other members of g-man's race in power in America's government. (Or that gman held any real power at all, for that matter. I always assumed that he assumed the LOOK of a G-man, but didn't take over a real G-man's position)

But, that would explain why troops were able to be summoned to Black Mesa so quickly, and why their goals seemed different from what the American government would normally do... save as many civilians as possible.

 

[bboymatty]

Riomhaire's theory is generally the most accepted and plausible theory that we have to work with right now. But i would think that there is more to his purpose and background than just his name which going by the credits at the end of hl2 is "gman" not g-man" (I dont know if that makes a difference)

The Military in HL1 are never really talked about in these forums, and its wierd that they started to kill everyone in black mesa. but i think they were under orders from someone (possibly gman)

i think they were under orders from the administrator who was working with the combine at the time and arranged the situation so that the scientists who were best equiped to rebel against the combine invasion that would occur eventually were killed so they wouldnt be a problem.

He probably masked the killings by saying the scientists would have been infected by the aliens and if allowed to leave they'll spread the contamination elsewhere.

Personally i dont think the gman had anything to do with the military showing up, he just observed to see who would make it out alive.

another point for why breen called the military: He would have known the time when the experiment was to take place and he would also know that the sample would create the resonance cascade because he was in kahootz with the combine at that stage.

cheers for reading

P.S lets just be accepting of everyones theories, wether they are good or not, because through them we can get a better understanding of what everyone else is thinking and maybe we get a greater understanding of the story too!

 

[Pai-Mei]

i think they were under orders from the administrator who was working with the combine at the time and arranged the situation so that the scientists who were best equiped to rebel against the combine invasion that would occur eventually were killed so they wouldnt be a problem.

Good theory! Never thought of it that way... Although I wonder why US sldiers are obeying orders from a civilian administrator of a research facility?

 

[pomegranate]

I think the most important issue is that you (op) spelled 'our' as 'ower', despite the rest of your post being pretty literate. Wtf?

 

[ríomhaire]

i think they were under orders from the administrator who was working with the combine at the time

Why would the Combine send orders to kill thier own invasion force?

 

[Asknoone]

I honestly do not think there's anough evidence in any of the games to point to a decent conclusion on who or what he is, we'll jsut have to wait.

However some of riomhaire's theory is correct.

Gman is not his name, its a codename valve use, becauase he doesn't have a name yet, as a character, this is confirmed in Raising the bar.

He doesn't control time either, or at least i hope he doesn't. Half life 2 is good on its science, and thats why i think the explosion caused the time lapse.

 

[The Mexican]

Why would the Combine send orders to kill thier own invasion force?

I dont think the combine will worry much if they lose a few soldiers from xen, afterall their empire is large.

 

[ríomhaire]

I hope you never find out G-man's name or true form. That would ruin it.

 

[bboymatty]

well just to clear up on my military view

the combines initial force consisted of enslaved vortigaunts and (maybe) those whack metal things that fired hornets. all other xen lifeforms are just wildlife that hitched a ride or were taken on one by the portal that was opened.

Also, its most probable that the administrator only just informed the military that a portal was opened and that a assault force would be required to stop the incoming aliens and to prevent the outside world from finding out about it. losing a few vortigaunts would be entirely acceptable to the combine, after all nothing is going to stop the eventual portal storms from occuring.

If there were heaps of scientists of kleiners calibre around the area as the combine tried to gain control of the planet, then the rebellion would be much better equipted to fight the invasion. So i guess breen foresaw that and decided the best case of action is to annihilate them before they get the chance to escape.