The original <Subject Name Changes> topic was made by (and the idea actually came to) pestchamber back in TWP. Originally about cake, it evolved to figuring out who made what (GLaDOS was co-made by the Combine, for example) and what is up in future games.
The last three posts were:
ASBusinessMagnet wrote:ASBusinessMagnet wrote: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.
[1] 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.(go to [2])
Also, I love that phpBB has no character limit for posts.
EDIT: I've changed my mind a little.
G-Man is not the only leader of the Combine, but GLaDOS is too, G-Man being biological and GLaDOS being technical. I first realized this when I listened to GLaDOS quote which said:GLaDOS wrote:We are throwing a party
Which kinda resembles:
[etouq/]Idiom pa iorph, paniajo["SODaLG"=etouq]
So I believe here GLaDOS is commanding the Combine to go and kill Chell, but it fails because the Combine are stuck at the entrance (lol to the Combine).
So it is like this;
In 1986, the Combine came to Aperture Science and said to Cave Johnson: "We've conquered your company. Select from either you or your wife, and we'll help you defeat Black Mesa." Cave Johnson selected his wife and then the Combine and Aperture Science employees built GLaDOS (1999?). When GLaDOS was on for 4 years, the Combine went to Black Mesa and caused Black Mesa Incident (2003?). After that, when both of them were taken out, the Combine used their powers to defeat Earth (Seven Hour War, 2013?)
But the Resistance managed to revenge and (go to [1])
[2] (The Final Destruction, 2028-2029?)
And so the war between the Combine and the Mankind resulted in the Mankind's victory.
Fast forward to 3001, the Combine came in to the reestablished greatness of Black Mesa, conquered them (again) and went to Aperture Science to get reestabilished GLaDOS. Then they failed, when the reincarnate of GLaDOS and me (Aperture Science Business Magnet) pwned them. Then we married (so now she is known as GL@DDA Magnet) and with Aperture Science Madmanic Inventions pwned them again. The Combine vs. the Mankind 0 : 2.
ASBusinessMagnet wrote:pestchamber wrote:The combine weren't at earth until after Hl1. And hl1 is according to the Saga timeline taking place in 2000.
It's said for sake of simplicity, and even the Saga timeline assumes Combine being in 1999, a year before HL (really 1995, five years before HL) and even stated "many years before HL", so they even could have been on Earth as early as 1 AD.
And for 2000, I've read that originally it was 2003 but changed to '200-" (any year between 2000 and 2009). But 2003 is still used somewhat, so I assume it's 2003.
Since that times I've made only one retcon to the whole story, and that is GLaDOS Gladys Johnson originally being Chell's grandmother instead of mother. (And we all know a grandmother loves her granddaughter WAY MORE than a mother loves her daughter.)
Now before I start up this storm again, you might want to read what it was in TWP:
http://forums.thinkingwithportals.com/t ... 7-120.html (pages 9 to 15)
http://forums.thinkingwithportals.com/t ... t1750.html
And, there is only one rule: Whenever you feel like this thread is going off-topic, you can always change the subject.
pestchamber wrote:Now,
Discuss.
