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Just a lil question.. I might be a lil behind everyone else on this, but why is he called 'G-Man'? Or does anyone really know?
 
Because he works with the goverment and the model file was named G-Man.
 
Goverment Man, or *insert scary sound here* Gordon Freeman :D

(as in possibly a major spoiler that G-man is Gordon gone back in time. But nobody knows)
 
Synthaxx R-or said:
Goverment Man, or *insert scary sound here* Gordon Freeman :D

(as in possibly a major spoiler that G-man is Gordon gone back in time. But nobody knows)
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But if this was the situation, wouldn't that make it impossible for gordon to die since the G-Man already exists?

Therefore, that's not true.
 
Exactly. Nice use of deduction moppe, Sherlock Holmes would be proud
 
I wonder, we've all heard the rumors that the G-Man may be his father, himself in the future, etc. but I don't think I've heard the possiblity that the G-Man could be Gordon's long lost brother?
 
moppe said:
But if this was the situation, wouldn't that make it impossible for gordon to die since the G-Man already exists?

Therefore, that's not true.
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There was a thread about whether gordon was the gman a while ago. You can find it here.

I remember posting about why it was impossible... Here it is.

The resemblance between them is striking, particularly the eyes. I think valve put this in to show that you 'have something in common' with the gman, making him seem 'closer' to you somehow.

If the Gman is Gordon, why give him the opportunity to die at the end? That would be killing himself. It goes like this:

*Gman offers gordon 'a battle he cannot win' :(
*Gordon Accepts :angel:
*Gordon dies :x
*The gman ceases to exist (because if gordon dies he can never become the gman) :flame:
*Gordon survives (because Gman doesn't kill him) :smoking:
*Gordon becomes Gman :devil:
*Gordon dies :x
*Gman goes poof again :flame:
*Gordon Survives again :smoking:
*etc. etc. :rolleyes:

The Result of This: The Gman gets fed up, Gordon gets the mother of all headaches, the fabric of the space-time continuum breaks down, resulting in the destruction of the Universe, and Gabe Newells head explodes.


I think I speak for all of us when I say: Great Scott!!
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I think that sums it up rather nicely.
 
moppe said:
But if this was the situation, wouldn't that make it impossible for gordon to die since the G-Man already exists?

Therefore, that's not true.
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Maybe the G-Man is Gordon going back in time to stop something happening to him in the past that caused him to be G-man in the future?

Probably a bit too far fetched but we'll just have to see.
 
Maybe, G-man goes back in time to stop himself from doing something gordon is destined to do, but in doing so he accidentally does the thing he was trying to stop himself (gordon) to do, so he goes forwards in time to stop himself from going back in time to stop himself from stopping gordon to do the thing he was actually responsible for.
But- When G-man goes forward in time up to the point where he was going back in time to stop himself (gordon) to do whatever it was he was going to do, he ran into himself, and told him not to go back in time to stop gordon from doing what he was trying to stop him from doing because he knew he was going to do it himself by accident, it turns out, that by going forward in time to stop his other self from doing this, he inadvertadely set a chain reaction in motion, which after a few minutes, would cause a version of himself from two years into his alter ego's future to appear and do the thing they were both trying to prevent themselves from doing by going back in time!
 
C-O-N-Spiracy said:
Maybe the G-Man is Gordon going back in time to stop something happening to him in the past that caused him to be G-man in the future?

Probably a bit too far fetched but we'll just have to see.
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So the Gman is trying to prevent gordon from becoming him, effectively wiping himself out of history? I think therapy would be a better option...

But if someone went back in time and made changes that erased them, then in the new timeline they don't exist, so they never made any changes, so they do exist, but they don't.

Result: A paradox is created, the Universe gets stuck in some sort of cosmic program loop, God hits the End Task button and we all cease to exist.

So you see, messing with time is very irresponsible. The gman should know better.
 
jabberwock95 said:
So the Gman is trying to prevent gordon from becoming him, effectively wiping himself out of history? I think therapy would be a better option...

But if someone went back in time and made changes that erased them, then in the new timeline they don't exist, so they never made any changes, so they do exist, but they don't.

Result: A paradox is created, the Universe gets stuck in some sort of cosmic program loop, God hits the End Task button and we all cease to exist.

So you see, messing with time is very irresponsible. The gman should know better.
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Well it was just a sketchy notion.. not like i believe it will actually end up like what i said before.
 
AJ Rimmer said:
Maybe, G-man goes back in time to stop himself from doing something gordon is destined to do, but in doing so he accidentally does the thing he was trying to stop himself (gordon) to do, so he goes forwards in time to stop himself from going back in time to stop himself from stopping gordon to do the thing he was actually responsible for.
But- When G-man goes forward in time up to the point where he was going back in time to stop himself (gordon) to do whatever it was he was going to do, he ran into himself, and told him not to go back in time to stop gordon from doing what he was trying to stop him from doing because he knew he was going to do it himself by accident, it turns out, that by going forward in time to stop his other self from doing this, he inadvertadely set a chain reaction in motion, which after a few minutes, would cause a version of himself from two years into his alter ego's future to appear and do the thing they were both trying to prevent themselves from doing by going back in time!
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And all he wanted was to stop Gordon eating that dodgy sandwitch from the canteen..... Just goes to show.
 
C-O-N-Spiracy said:
Well it was just a sketchy notion.. not like i believe it will actually end up like what i said before.
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I just wanted an excuse to say ".... God hits the End Task button and we all cease to exist."

Yay! I said it! :afro:
 
jabberwock95 said:
And all he wanted was to stop Gordon eating that dodgy sandwitch from the canteen..... Just goes to show.
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Yeah, if he hadn't've ate that sandwich the resonance cascade wouldve never happened lol
 
After watching the G-Man bink - particularly the bit where he starts raising his eyebrows - I have come to the conclusion he is the Gay-Man.
 
i think black mesa was a kind of test for freeman so g-man could see if he was suitable to become one of his "personnel", possibly that being the black-ops or even the combine, maybe then gordon deserted the combine and began to fight against them instead as they took control
 
moppe said:
But if this was the situation, wouldn't that make it impossible for gordon to die since the G-Man already exists?

Therefore, that's not true.
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Doesn't that mean that because of the option given at the end of halflife 1 it automatically invalidates any further sequel? I guess not, since this is hl2.net ;)

Just keep an open mind, anything is possible (yay for Alyx! :naughty: :smoking: )
 
Hmmmmmmm.......no one has posted that this is off-topic yet, so I might as well be the forum Nazi to do so.
 
AJ Rimmer said:
Maybe, G-man goes back in time to stop himself from doing something gordon is destined to do, but in doing so he accidentally does the thing he was trying to stop himself (gordon) to do, so he goes forwards in time to stop himself from going back in time to stop himself from stopping gordon to do the thing he was actually responsible for.
But- When G-man goes forward in time up to the point where he was going back in time to stop himself (gordon) to do whatever it was he was going to do, he ran into himself, and told him not to go back in time to stop gordon from doing what he was trying to stop him from doing because he knew he was going to do it himself by accident, it turns out, that by going forward in time to stop his other self from doing this, he inadvertadely set a chain reaction in motion, which after a few minutes, would cause a version of himself from two years into his alter ego's future to appear and do the thing they were both trying to prevent themselves from doing by going back in time!
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That doesn't matter.
If G-Man is Gordon, Gordon could not die since the G-Man must have aged for the timetravel and his current apperence.

Gordon and the G-Man is not the same person, okey?
 
If anyone has noticed, in Opposing Force, the GMan, is indeed there. Like at the radioactive sludge rising and stuff, and you have to climb up and everything. GMan opens the door, you run in and try to go see him, and he magically leaves.

Well, Shepard is the OF guy. Not Gordon. So why would GMan be in OF if GMan is Gordon from the future.

Quite peculiar, no?
 
This discussion again...

He might be Gordan he might not, we dont know the rules of the universe as far as him going back and killing himself then ceasing to exsist. Lots of scientists say that rule isnt true and if you did go back to kill your dad before you were born, youd just create an alternate reality where your dad was killed, but youd still be alive because your not from that reality.

Anyways...if the G-Man is gordan, Value would get either the 'Extremely far sighted award' or the 'Luckiest of the counsidences that paid of in the end you lucky fat basterds' award...only time will tell

My money is that the G-Man is just some guy. If your outside of this whole half life thing, but like secret government shit, then you know that G-man isnt a term used for anyone who works for the government, its a term used for the Men In Black. MIBs' and G-men are of the same catergory, so thats where id put my 2 cents.
 
i think G-man isn't a human. he's an alien. i saw a screenshot. there was
G-man's sceen in a sewerage and his briefcase near it.
 
I just saw the hi-res, close-up, g-man video, the one that ends with "...smell the ashes." The way his voice stutters through one or two of the words is pretty clearly supposed to suggest that he is robotic, or part robot.

My geeky observation:

Since Valve hired those psychologists to do the facial expressions; I wonder if they did their homework on pupils (eye pupils.) ? The g-man has pinpoint pupils through that whole video, and they dont change size (even in the dark tunnel that both he and Gordon are in.) It looks pretty freaky.

Pupils naturally dilate when someone looks at something that they like-- in fact, models in advertisements take eyedrops that dilate their pupils to trick people into thinking that the models like them, so whoever is looking at the ad will be more likely to buy whatever they are selling. Mabye the g-man doesn't like Gordon. Maybe I'm thinking too hard about this.....

or wasn't there some sci-fi movie where one of the tests to see if someone was a robot was whether their eyes dilated?-- Was that Terminator, maybe? I dunno. Ill stop typing now, because I'm rambling. Ima look at the alyx video and see if her eyes dilate 0.o
 
Rhalle said:
I just saw the hi-res, close-up, g-man video, the one that ends with "...smell the ashes." The way his voice stutters through one or two of the words is pretty clearly supposed to suggest that he is robotic, or part robot.

My geeky observation:

Since Valve hired those psychologists to do the facial expressions; I wonder if they did their homework on pupils (eye pupils.) ? The g-man has pinpoint pupils through that whole video, and they dont change size (even in the dark tunnel that both he and Gordon are in.) It looks pretty freaky.

Pupils naturally dilate when someone looks at something that they like-- in fact, models in advertisements take eyedrops that dilate their pupils to trick people into thinking that the models like them, so whoever is looking at the ad will be more likely to buy whatever they are selling. Mabye the g-man doesn't like Gordon. Maybe I'm thinking too hard about this.....

or wasn't there some sci-fi movie where one of the tests to see if someone was a robot was whether their eyes dilated?-- Was that Terminator, maybe? I dunno. Ill stop typing now, because I'm rambling. Ima look at the alyx video and see if her eyes dilate 0.o
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Yeah, I know it's a stupid question but I don't know, what does dialate mean?
Growing or shrinking?
 
Lol well i know that HL2 is going to be realistic, but dialating pupils? Thats pretty realistic lol, what next, growing fingernails ? I think the fact he his a robot is pretty stpid, but possible **** knows how Gabe Newells mind works lol.

There must be a special story for him (G-Man) there has got to be a twist in the story concerning him. He could be gordon or related to Mr Freeman, he could be just a regular business man who takes crazy drugs.
 
Ghost Freeman said:
You people have way too much time on your hands.
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Agreed, but don't forget your on the forum also.

As far as the pupil thing goes... maybe they just didn't think anyone would be looking at if the eyes dilated properly. You gotta admit thats not the first thing people are gonna notice, hell, its probably not even the 510th thing people will notice. Stop thinking so hard people.
 
why was the game called "half-life"? i don't get it. could you explane please!!
i'm not strong in English. and i can't understand the meaning of the word "half-life". please respound.
 
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