I guess that's a good way of putting it. That's the only logical explanation. I mean, Breen says something about buying Freeman's services, albeit in different words. Plus, he works for people. So maybe he's the pimp being pimped by bigger pimps?
On a slightly different note, anyone here play Minerva: Metastasis, and have any theories on that?
samsprinkle: I think that he may be a computer program, he could be a figment of Freeman's imagination (don't say that one guy sees him too, I KNOW), he could be Richard Nixon or cheese and rice. Who CARES!? Don't we have better stuff to discuss?
How if we discuss how the war between RED and BLU started?
well you can't have two opposite colored teams that dont fight each other
i have another question, whats on the suitcases that they try to steal from eachother?
Obviously its the formula for the perfect ice cream. That's the only thing valuable enough to warrent that much killing.
All signs point to G-man being from a completely different race and it's frustrating how many people seem to not take note of the storyline and come to this conclusion simply because the G-man has adorned a human form.
Idiots. Gosh.
I'm going with the theory that he's some sort of contractor for an alien rebel alliance or corporation? I also have a feeling that him and his 'superiors' will turn on Earth as soon as the Combine have been defeated. There's alot more going on under the surface and even the surface is still muddy water, just beginning to settle...
I bet that at the end of the last game we'll hear Gordon speak, and it'll be with the same speech impediment.
This has been officially refuted by VALVe.
I think that he is a member of some multi-dimensional Combine resistance movement, and has recruited Gordon and Adrian because he believes they stand the best chance of stopping the Combine once and for all.
Possible, but then why didn't he intervene during the events of Half-Life, the events that expanded the Combine Empire? And why has, at the very least, been implied that Breen could have easily purchased Freeman's services?
I bet that at the end of the last game we'll hear Gordon speak, and it'll be with the same speech impediment.
This has been officially refuted by VALVe.
I think that he is a member of some multi-dimensional Combine resistance movement, and has recruited Gordon and Adrian because he believes they stand the best chance of stopping the Combine once and for all.
Possible, but then why didn't he intervene during the events of Half-Life, the events that expanded the Combine Empire? And why has, at the very least, been implied that Breen could have easily purchased Freeman's services?
Spoiler: Click to View
I did say multi-dimensional. he may think in a different way than us, and has decided that this course of action that will create the fastest method for destroying the combine.
Clearly, the G-Man is a being who likes the meddle in the affairs of man and alien alike. I doubt he works for a divine power, however -- it doesn't seem to suit the Half-Life Mythos to drag God into it. Granted, God is a really easy entity to pry into having that role of either being the G-Man or having him represent the G-Man.
Apparently, there wouldn't be an Episode 2-3 of Half Life 2 were it not for the G-Man being forced to sit on the sidelines, so I'm inclined to believe he's a malevolent and not a benevolent force.
I think he's some sort of extra dimensional being that manipulates Gordon into doing things that he, for whatever reason, can't interfere with. He seems to be need Gordon though. I do think he is more sinister than good. After all, the vortegaunts saved Alex and Gordon from him at the start of HL2: Episode 1. I bet he'll be the final boss though or something to that nature.
G"g-man" is an outdated slang term for a government agent particularly and authoritarian one like a police, FBI, CIA type of thing. I just assumed he was secret CIA-type agent who illegally is messing with other dimensions at the request of a bunch of higher dimensional beings.
I bet that at the end of the last game we'll hear Gordon speak, and it'll be with the same speech impediment.
This has been officially refuted by VALVe.
I think that he is a member of some multi-dimensional Combine resistance movement, and has recruited Gordon and Adrian because he believes they stand the best chance of stopping the Combine once and for all.
Possible, but then why didn't he intervene during the events of Half-Life, the events that expanded the Combine Empire? And why has, at the very least, been implied that Breen could have easily purchased Freeman's services?
Spoiler: Click to View
I did say multi-dimensional. he may think in a different way than us, and has decided that this course of action that will create the fastest method for destroying the combine.
Perhaps, but it doesn't explain why he's so frustrated with the Voritgaunts, who are equally multi-dimensional and seem to be just as capable of thinking in the incredibly long term as he is.
And then there's what happened to Shephard? He was picked up by G-Man like Gordon but hasn't shown up since the end of Opposing Force.
I bet that at the end of the last game we'll hear Gordon speak, and it'll be with the same speech impediment.
This has been officially refuted by VALVe.
I think that he is a member of some multi-dimensional Combine resistance movement, and has recruited Gordon and Adrian because he believes they stand the best chance of stopping the Combine once and for all.
Possible, but then why didn't he intervene during the events of Half-Life, the events that expanded the Combine Empire? And why has, at the very least, been implied that Breen could have easily purchased Freeman's services?
Spoiler: Click to View
I did say multi-dimensional. he may think in a different way than us, and has decided that this course of action that will create the fastest method for destroying the combine.
Perhaps, but it doesn't explain why he's so frustrated with the Voritgaunts, who are equally multi-dimensional and seem to be just as capable of thinking in the incredibly long term as he is.
And then there's what happened to Shephard? He was picked up by G-Man like Gordon but hasn't shown up since the end of Opposing Force.
Different groups with differing plans or agendas?
and just wait till half-life 2 episode 3. he'll be back
PsyberGoth: Perhaps, but it doesn't explain why he's so frustrated with the Voritgaunts, who are equally multi-dimensional and seem to be just as capable of thinking in the incredibly long term as he is.
And then there's what happened to Shephard? He was picked up by G-Man like Gordon but hasn't shown up since the end of Opposing Force.
Different groups with differing plans or agendas?
and just wait till half-life 2 episode 3. he'll be back[/quote]
If G-man does really want to take down the combine they have the same goal, and the vortigaunts know how to forgive while G-Man doesn't seem to particularly care about slights or offenses when he needs a person. It just seems more likely that the G-man, while perhaps not a malevolent force, isn't particularly benevolent either.
Lets look at the chain of events, black mesa incident opens a rift for the Xen, Gordon defeats the Xen.
Opposing Fronts, Sheppard defeats Race-X (another race competing with the Xen for earth).
In the power vacuum Combine take over, Gordon significantly damages the combine efforts.
Three different powerful intergalactic races all defeated/destroyed/crippled.
I'd assume hes from a fourth, potentially more powerful civilization is taking down the others. But maybe like the ancients from Stargate they can't interfere obviously. So the Gman, representing them, manipulates Gordon (and Adrian) to achieve their goals.
BrynThomas: Lets look at the chain of events, black mesa incident opens a rift for the Xen, Gordon defeats the Xen.
Opposing Fronts, Sheppard defeats Race-X (another race competing with the Xen for earth).
In the power vacuum Combine take over, Gordon significantly damages the combine efforts.
Three different powerful intergalactic races all defeated/destroyed/crippled.
I'd assume hes from a fourth, potentially more powerful civilization is taking down the others. But maybe like the ancients from Stargate they can't interfere obviously. So the Gman, representing them, manipulates Gordon (and Adrian) to achieve their goals.
That seems logical, but in the episodes the G-man seems to be independently in control of Gordon. He doesn't mention any employers and he's just selling the contract for the highest price. I think the G-man was working for the combine. They hired him to set up the events to take down the the Voritgaunts so they could take over Xen. His employment ended from there and the combine took over and then moved on to Earth. Then he decided to use Gordon for his own goals(namely to sell his "services"). Somebody hires Gordon to take down the combine and G-man sicks Gordon on city 17. Then the Voritgaunts take him away and Gordon is free of his contract(and G-man) temporarily.
Actually thinking about it I think hes probably is some sort of alien belonging to another mysterious and powerful race, as i mentioned. But I don't think he necessary represents them. But perhaps he is constrained by something to prevent direct meddling.
Arcticflame: The g-man is in fact an old gordon freeman who sent himself back in time in order to tell himself not to do that botox treatment and never learn to speak, as it was better when he was the odd, but strong and silent type, instead of the later stage of plain creepy.
BrynThomas: Lets look at the chain of events, black mesa incident opens a rift for the Xen, Gordon defeats the Xen.
Opposing Fronts, Sheppard defeats Race-X (another race competing with the Xen for earth).
In the power vacuum Combine take over, Gordon significantly damages the combine efforts.
Three different powerful intergalactic races all defeated/destroyed/crippled.
I'd assume hes from a fourth, potentially more powerful civilization is taking down the others. But maybe like the ancients from Stargate they can't interfere obviously. So the Gman, representing them, manipulates Gordon (and Adrian) to achieve their goals.
That seems logical, but in the episodes the G-man seems to be independently in control of Gordon. He doesn't mention any employers and he's just selling the contract for the highest price. I think the G-man was working for the combine. They hired him to set up the events to take down the the Voritgaunts so they could take over Xen. His employment ended from there and the combine took over and then moved on to Earth. Then he decided to use Gordon for his own goals(namely to sell his "services"). Somebody hires Gordon to take down the combine and G-man sicks Gordon on city 17. Then the Voritgaunts take him away and Gordon is free of his contract(and G-man) temporarily.
I think we're all beyond the point of spoilers in this thread, but just in case:
Spoilers for every HL game since HL2
Danzorz: I am guessing the G man was a person somehow brought through a third would when the experiment thing went bad.
Nope, you see the G-man at least twice (once on the tram ride, another time arguing with a scientist behind a window) before the resonance cascade. Furthermore, it's confirmed later in the series that he is the "Admnistrator" who provided the sample that caused the resonance cascade.
SAccharing10: I was discussing this earlier and I think this might be something - He infact works for God, or is in association with God, in that he enlists Freeman to restore balance when he's needed, this is open to discussion! gief ideas!
Okay, bye now. There's no such thing as a "god" and if there was, it would be an infinitely more advanced creature from a society with "minds that to our minds as ours are to the beasts in the jungle." From War of the Worlds. THE RADIO PLAY. NOT THE DUMB TOM LOSE MOVIE. God, I miss Orson Welles...
All signs point to G-man being from a completely different race and it's frustrating how many people seem to not take note of the storyline and come to this conclusion simply because the G-man has adorned a human form.
BrynThomas: Lets look at the chain of events, black mesa incident opens a rift for the Xen, Gordon defeats the Xen.
Opposing Fronts, Sheppard defeats Race-X (another race competing with the Xen for earth).
In the power vacuum Combine take over, Gordon significantly damages the combine efforts.
Three different powerful intergalactic races all defeated/destroyed/crippled.
I'd assume hes from a fourth, potentially more powerful civilization is taking down the others. But maybe like the ancients from Stargate they can't interfere obviously. So the Gman, representing them, manipulates Gordon (and Adrian) to achieve their goals.
That seems logical, but in the episodes the G-man seems to be independently in control of Gordon. He doesn't mention any employers and he's just selling the contract for the highest price. I think the G-man was working for the combine. They hired him to set up the events to take down the the Voritgaunts so they could take over Xen. His employment ended from there and the combine took over and then moved on to Earth. Then he decided to use Gordon for his own goals(namely to sell his "services"). Somebody hires Gordon to take down the combine and G-man sicks Gordon on city 17. Then the Voritgaunts take him away and Gordon is free of his contract(and G-man) temporarily.
I think we're all beyond the point of spoilers in this thread, but just in case:
Spoilers for every HL game since HL2
Danzorz: I am guessing the G man was a person somehow brought through a third would when the experiment thing went bad.
Nope, you see the G-man at least twice (once on the tram ride, another time arguing with a scientist behind a window) before the resonance cascade. Furthermore, it's confirmed later in the series that he is the "Admnistrator" who provided the sample that caused the resonance cascade.
Very interesting theory Good morning blues, thanks for sharing, I didn't knew about the Vortigaunt speech. One thing's for sure, G-Man is not human, the alien contractor theoryseems to fit in quite nicely as well.
I bet that at the end of the last game we'll hear Gordon speak, and it'll be with the same speech impediment.
Government man.
There's tons of theories really the one that seems most plausible for me is that Gman is some kind of alien contractor (he's an alien himself as well) that works for different people interested in the faith of 'Earth'.
Maybe. It's possible that not even the people at Valve know yet.
Knowing that they don't know how all of ep 3 will pan out I have to agree with you on that.
I can see where you'd get this idea, he does kind of seem like a god or something. He can control time, he controls you, plus he has some sort of power over things that are to come (see episode 2).
I seriously doubt he is Gorden Freeman, its to clesha, and it would surprise nobody, as people have mentioned it so many times.
I personally hope we never know. It once we do, Gman looses all his mystery.
I bet that at the end of the last game we'll hear Gordon speak, and it'll be with the same speech impediment.
This has been officially refuted by VALVe.
I think that he is a member of some multi-dimensional Combine resistance movement, and has recruited Gordon and Adrian because he believes they stand the best chance of stopping the Combine once and for all.
Possible, but then why didn't he intervene during the events of Half-Life, the events that expanded the Combine Empire? And why has, at the very least, been implied that Breen could have easily purchased Freeman's services?
Spoiler: Click to View
I did say multi-dimensional. he may think in a different way than us, and has decided that this course of action that will create the fastest method for destroying the combine.
Perhaps, but it doesn't explain why he's so frustrated with the Voritgaunts, who are equally multi-dimensional and seem to be just as capable of thinking in the incredibly long term as he is.
And then there's what happened to Shephard? He was picked up by G-Man like Gordon but hasn't shown up since the end of Opposing Force.
Different groups with differing plans or agendas?
and just wait till half-life 2 episode 3. he'll be back
Blue-Shift and Opposing Force are not considered canon. Only Half Life, Half Life 2 (and Episodes) are. Which means to Valve, Shepard doesn't exist. So don't get your hopes up.
BrynThomas: Lets look at the chain of events, black mesa incident opens a rift for the Xen, Gordon defeats the Xen.
Opposing Fronts, Sheppard defeats Race-X (another race competing with the Xen for earth).
In the power vacuum Combine take over, Gordon significantly damages the combine efforts.
Three different powerful intergalactic races all defeated/destroyed/crippled.
I'd assume hes from a fourth, potentially more powerful civilization is taking down the others. But maybe like the ancients from Stargate they can't interfere obviously. So the Gman, representing them, manipulates Gordon (and Adrian) to achieve their goals.
That seems logical, but in the episodes the G-man seems to be independently in control of Gordon. He doesn't mention any employers and he's just selling the contract for the highest price. I think the G-man was working for the combine. They hired him to set up the events to take down the the Voritgaunts so they could take over Xen. His employment ended from there and the combine took over and then moved on to Earth. Then he decided to use Gordon for his own goals(namely to sell his "services"). Somebody hires Gordon to take down the combine and G-man sicks Gordon on city 17. Then the Voritgaunts take him away and Gordon is free of his contract(and G-man) temporarily.
I think we're all beyond the point of spoilers in this thread, but just in case:
Spoilers for every HL game since HL2
Danzorz: I am guessing the G man was a person somehow brought through a third would when the experiment thing went bad.
Nope, you see the G-man at least twice (once on the tram ride, another time arguing with a scientist behind a window) before the resonance cascade. Furthermore, it's confirmed later in the series that he is the "Admnistrator" who provided the sample that caused the resonance cascade.
I think a bigger question is going to be who the heck is Gordon Freeman? How is he able to take down entire alien races and uses guns very well despite the fact that he's just some inexperienced scientist? Obviously the G-man sees something in Gordon that nobody else has because he picked him to make a contract for. Maybe its just a fluke that Gordon is so lucky but maybe that is something special about Gordon. What do we really know about the mute mass-murderer anyways?
SAccharing10: I was discussing this earlier and I think this might be something - He infact works for God, or is in association with God, in that he enlists Freeman to restore balance when he's needed, this is open to discussion! gief ideas!
Well Im not going to spoil anything here but then God must be pretty evil or what?
I bet that at the end of the last game we'll hear Gordon speak, and it'll be with the same speech impediment.
This has been officially refuted by VALVe.
I think that he is a member of some multi-dimensional Combine resistance movement, and has recruited Gordon and Adrian because he believes they stand the best chance of stopping the Combine once and for all.
It had occurred to me that the Gman might be an older version of Gordon Freeman who was travelling back in time to help, advise, mock.
Just because the developer has "denied" this interpretation isn't conclusive and could fall into the 'well, they would say that wouldn't they' category.
I hadn't spotted the Gordon Freeman thing, myself; but then I hadn't been all that obsessed with the game, like some people - clever...
Gritty urman.
Oh... even better!
Grotesque human.