gman, controller of time?

[Great Grizzly]

I dont think he actually has control of time, i think the time freeze was a reaction to the dark matter that was destroyed. I think he new what would happen if the reactor was destroyed. He used his ability of transportation to avoid the effects of the time stop.

I think he didnt cause the time stop, but he used his powers of instentanious transportation to at least save you and him from bieng frozen in time.

Just a thought

 

[doomed14life]

then how does he miracuously put you in stasis for a couple of years then bring out back out on a certain day in time

 

[Great Grizzly]

hmmm, there are ways to do that without time control (freezing)
you can also prevent aging by traveling through space at a very high speed.

it is possable today, (the freezing part)

 

[sfc_hoot]

I don't think that G-Man actually froze time, because you can still move around, just real slow. I think G-Man (with the aid of his employers perhaps?) can slow, but not stop time.

 

[Sid Burn]

I don't think that G-Man actually froze time, because you can still move around, just real slow. I think G-Man (with the aid of his employers perhaps?) can slow, but not stop time.

But the exlosion on the background and the shattered glasses didn't moved... unless you touched them. well, the same thing that happened in the movie... clock stopper? lol... forgot the title. :smoking:

 

[kirovman]

Controller of time? Maybe...
I don't think he can control time, he just creates the illusion of doing so. He has control over Gordon, but not over things in the grand scale.

If he can really stop time why does he need Gordon to prove himself? He can do everything himself, no need for help from others.
Or maybe he is grooming Gordon as his successor...

But I have another theory...G-man can control time and he is also the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine.

 

[sfc_hoot]

G-Man seems to have the ability to teleport himself and others. The best example of this is at the ending of HL1. When the Nihilanth is dying (come to think of it, he looks like he will explode, just like the Citadel reactor), G-Man zaps Gordon out of harm's way, to have his little chat with him. Then while he's talking, he's also teleporting himself and Gordon around Xen. He must be a pretty powerful human/alien/thing to do this.

Now, an interesting thing arises from that, because at the end, G-Man gives Gordon the chance to die. So, technically, Gordon isn't crucial to the G-Man, as he was ready and willing to end his life there. G-Man probably has a whole collection of "heroes" in stasis, and if Gordon was to die then, G-Man would probably deploy someone else to do the mission that Gordon was meant to do in City17 (and no, not Adrian Shephard ). Sometimes I think that the G-Man really didn't want to give Gordon the task of fighting against the Combine, "The right man in the wrong place." , but Gordon was the best he had for this occasion.

Although at the end of HL2, as we all see, G-Man doesn't give Gordon another offer, he chooses for him, and he certainly doesn't give him the chance to die. Gordon has probably proven himself to the G-Man by completing this task. The Black Mesa Incident was probably just a little event that proved Gordon as a "candidate" for the G-Man, while The Rebellion was the real thing, and now, something even greater awaits Gordon (HL3, can't wait)!

Anyway, apparently others have grown an interest into Gordon's service, "I have received some interesting offers for your services.", but G-Man being the highest "bidder' currently has Gordie all to himself. Breen has shown an interest in Freeman in a few occasions. "I would've liked to think that we might have been able to work together." and "Did you realize your contract was opened to the highest bidder?" This must also mean that Breen knows about the G-Man, and about Gordon's mercenaric service for him, "...and this one has proven to be a fine pawn for those who control him." And, yeah, about the bidding, it wouldn't be money. What good is money to the G-Man? Or to Breen for that matter? They are bidding for something greater.

Sorry, I got a little off-topic concerning this thread, which is supposed to be about the G-Man's ability to stop time, not about offers or bidding etc. Well, it's kind of impossible to stay on one subject when talking about the G-Man. He such a mystery!

 

[Asknoone]

He doesnt control time, the explosion was what caused the time effect, as thats what happens when a singularity collapses, it slows time down for those near it, and, gman saw the oppurtunity and took gordon out of there.

I think what you see, is just a fixed image, nothing else, its in gordons head and he isnt in the citadel any more.

 

[DeusExMachina]

G-Man seems to have the ability to teleport himself and others. The best example of this is at the ending of HL1. When the Nihilanth is dying (come to think of it, he looks like he will explode, just like the Citadel reactor), G-Man zaps Gordon out of harm's way, to have his little chat with him. Then while he's talking, he's also teleporting himself and Gordon around Xen. He must be a pretty powerful human/alien/thing to do this.

Now, an interesting thing arises from that, because at the end, G-Man gives Gordon the chance to die. So, technically, Gordon isn't crucial to the G-Man, as he was ready and willing to end his life there. G-Man probably has a whole collection of "heroes" in stasis, and if Gordon was to die then, G-Man would probably deploy someone else to do the mission that Gordon was meant to do in City17 (and no, not Adrian Shephard ). Sometimes I think that the G-Man really didn't want to give Gordon the task of fighting against the Combine, "The right man in the wrong place." , but Gordon was the best he had for this occasion.

Although at the end of HL2, as we all see, G-Man doesn't give Gordon another offer, he chooses for him, and he certainly doesn't give him the chance to die. Gordon has probably proven himself to the G-Man by completing this task. The Black Mesa Incident was probably just a little event that proved Gordon as a "candidate" for the G-Man, while The Rebellion was the real thing, and now, something even greater awaits Gordon (HL3, can't wait)!

Anyway, apparently others have grown an interest into Gordon's service, "I have received some interesting offers for your services.", but G-Man being the highest "bidder' currently has Gordie all to himself. Breen has shown an interest in Freeman in a few occasions. "I would've liked to think that we might have been able to work together." and "Did you realize your contract was opened to the highest bidder?" This must also mean that Breen knows about the G-Man, and about Gordon's mercenaric service for him, "...and this one has proven to be a fine pawn for those who control him." And, yeah, about the bidding, it wouldn't be money. What good is money to the G-Man? Or to Breen for that matter? They are bidding for something greater.

Sorry, I got a little off-topic concerning this thread, which is supposed to be about the G-Man's ability to stop time, not about offers or bidding etc. Well, it's kind of impossible to stay on one subject when talking about the G-Man. He such a mystery!

Actually, if you think about it, Gordon would have no choice but to accept his offer. Even G-Man says it at the end of Half Life 2 "Rather than give you the illusion of choice..." G-Man knew all along that Gordon would choose his offer because he really didn't have a choice to begin with. Human psychology dear friends.

 

[TX_101]

HE DOESNT CONTROL TIME FOR F*CKS SAKE.

Honestly, valve arnt bloody stupid you now

 

[NonStopableForce]

G-man is an Alien

 

[Combine Elite]

Heh read my sig. Seriously g-man is a computer generated eye in the sky sort of thing. This why you spot him all along the route. Who made his program ? Who knows? Part of the mystery that maybe answered in HL3.

 

[Logic]

Every time you die and revert to a quicksave, that's the G-man turning the clock back and making sure you get the job done.

 

[Sid Burn]

Every time you die and revert to a quicksave, that's the G-man turning the clock back and making sure you get the job done.

lol... yeah... Its one of the reasons why he can indeed control time. :smoking:

 

[ríomhaire]

He has no control of time.
Either it is just Gordon's brain trying to make sense of what is happening. Like in Thief ot Time by Terry Pratchet
OR
It just looks like that because of the teleport bending space.

 

[NJspeed]

G-man speculation is futile.

 

[Huntoon]

Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. :sniper:

 

[Omacron]

Gordon Freeman- Would-be Rebel

Is everyone completely certain that Gordon accepted the G-Man's offer at the end of HL1? Note that, if the player declines, we never actually see him die, and the end music is the same jubilant tune.
Perhaps Gordon declined the offer but was preserved. This would explain why the G-Man abandons him at the end of HL2- He simply couldn't be trusted more than was absolutely necessary.

 

[Jintor]

He's not a controller of time, he's an impeder of time. He slows it down, but can't move forwards and backwards in it. He slows it down (indeed, stops it) for gordon... but for the rest of the world, well, it'll never be the same...