Portal main character *SPOILERS* [Archive]

komodo83uk

09-10-2007, 05:36 PM

Just found this on Wikipedia...????

In Portal, players control Chell, a test participant named in the Combine Portal User Training Facility. Gameplay revolves around the "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" (also known as the "portal gun"), a handheld device that can create a portal between flat planes, allowing instant travel and a visual and physical connection between any two different locations in 3D space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_%28video_game%29

Im guessing it aint Alyx's mum then...wasn't her name Azian or something??!?

Narvi

09-10-2007, 07:48 PM

Yes. Not Alyx's mum. As anyone with sense would have said.

And read the other threads in this forum. We've found out about the name here.

586FAC75

09-10-2007, 08:38 PM

Combine Portal User Training Facility.

God dammit. This info was available back in May on Shacknews.com (http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=324), why the hell didn't I know?! *proceeds to gnaw off own arms*

komodo83uk

09-10-2007, 09:02 PM

Oh right, sorry - I didnt realise that they'd released the main characters name...

Darkside55

09-10-2007, 09:10 PM

Chell?!

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6462/1167395400584in3.jpg

Absinthe

09-10-2007, 09:28 PM

Combine facility? I sure as shit didn't know about this.

Narvi

09-10-2007, 09:45 PM

I do believe Wiki just capitalized what the Shacknews article said.

Atomic_Piggy

09-10-2007, 09:48 PM

Combine facility? I sure as shit didn't know about this.

Me niether. I thought aperture was a contender to BMRF? Aw well I'm sure it will be explained.
Out of interest, did wikipedia back up with sources?

McCoy

10-10-2007, 04:08 AM

Man, if it's a combine facility then I win. I always was thinking about those energy pellets.

Silarn

10-10-2007, 04:35 AM

The energy balls mean nothing. The grav gun can manipulate them, and that's strict human tech. I can see it as reverse engineering.

Thing is, does it make sense for Combine to test portal tech on humans? Wouldn't they be using it already? From info in HL2, the Combine have barely managed a one-way dimensional teleport. Jumping from that to portals seems wrong.

zombieturtle01

10-10-2007, 06:34 AM

I should not have read any of this. I am not going to believe any of the claims until I play the game, so the element of "confused lab rat" is not ruined for me.

Oppressor

10-10-2007, 07:59 PM

Just found this on Wikipedia...????

In Portal, players control Chell, a test participant named in the Combine Portal User Training Facility. Gameplay revolves around the "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" (also known as the "portal gun"), a handheld device that can create a portal between flat planes, allowing instant travel and a visual and physical connection between any two different locations in 3D space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_%28video_game%29

Im guessing it aint Alyx's mum then...wasn't her name Azian or something??!?

That must be wrong. Theres nothing Combine with this facility. And the name Chell is never mentioned, right?

Ridge

10-10-2007, 08:21 PM

From the Wiki page:

It has been confirmed that the Aperture Laboratories were the rival of Black Mesa; it is also speculated that the portal gun will be sought after by the Combine.

Tyguy

10-10-2007, 08:27 PM

someone is lying through their teeth, i just dont know who yet

Ridge

10-10-2007, 08:33 PM

From the Aperture Science website:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b100/89Sunbird/aperture.jpg

Sulkdodds

10-10-2007, 10:45 PM

It's not a combine facility. :/

Cormeh

10-10-2007, 10:55 PM

From playing it, I gathered Chell is not human. :|

Something GLaDOS said. I don't recall the exact words, but I drew my conclusion fairly early on after starting.

Penguin929

10-10-2007, 11:10 PM

Cormeh, that may be because they switched you to the android course and it was a general reference to who 'should' be going through it.

Cormeh

10-10-2007, 11:12 PM

I see. As I said before, I had too much fun messing around with the portals to absorb much of the speech. :p

xcellerate

10-10-2007, 11:22 PM

they did mention her name...what I'm curious about is the clip boards...

I saw 3 clipboards throughout the facility. One had a person, one had her mechanical leg attachment things on it, and the other clipboard looked alien.

AJ Rimmer

10-10-2007, 11:34 PM

It sure as hell wasn't a combine facility.

Scotchy

10-10-2007, 11:42 PM

The question on my mind is this:

What are these things on her legs? Also, Aperture Science apparently disapproves of hairbrushes.

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/230/portalchellop8.jpg

Cormeh

10-10-2007, 11:45 PM

They have some resemblance to Eli's prosthetic sprint leg.... perhaps they stop Chell from taking damage from long falls?

Sulkdodds

10-10-2007, 11:53 PM

Yeah, reckon they help you absorb fall damage (there is none).

kupocake

11-10-2007, 01:22 AM

And the name Chell is never mentioned, right?
In the credits, the one person thanked for the use of her face is credited as the face of 'Chell'. Otherwise, all references to the character are <insert name here>

Ridge

11-10-2007, 01:25 AM

Well Im up to the finale...got so darn close to finishing the job when my time was up and I died...

SSJ4Vegita2002

11-10-2007, 01:57 AM

the first time they turned on the GLaDOS was "bring your daughter to work day". I'm wondering if Chell was someone's daughter who got caught up in the mess?

msleeper

11-10-2007, 02:00 AM

For the last time, looking at Chell's model and Eli's model in ModelViewer, the leg things are NOT the same!

Ridge

11-10-2007, 02:00 AM

Perhaps

As you get to the end, you make a breakout...lots of empty chairs, not a person around...I think GLaDOS went SkyNet on em and killed everybody.

evert

20-02-2008, 01:24 PM

The things on Chell's legs, are they at all similar to those the stalkers wear?

Druckles

20-02-2008, 02:48 PM

Dude, did you ever watch the credits?

They have the names of all the Turrets in there, as well!

Narvi

20-02-2008, 05:29 PM

The things on Chell's legs, are they at all similar to those the stalkers wear?

Actually, they look like Eli's leg.

Zunni

20-02-2008, 06:00 PM

necromance an old post..... for that.... f'n kids today...

FrostXian

20-02-2008, 06:42 PM

Actually, they look like Eli's leg.

I THINKS HIS WIEF GAV IT TO HEMZ UYES LOL1!111ONE

Nicky 0123

20-02-2008, 09:09 PM

Big wow, Chell wears leg supports like Eli.

This thread doenst exactly explain anything new about Portal, except that Bullsh*t about the 'Combine Portal User Training Facility'. Why would GLaDOS be afraid of the Combine if she worked for them, do you see any Combine Metal around the buildings, I don't.

Zunni

21-02-2008, 12:03 AM

Big wow, Chell wears leg supports like Eli.

This thread doenst exactly explain anything new about Portal, except that Bullsh*t about the 'Combine Portal User Training Facility'. Why would GLaDOS be afraid of the Combine if she worked for them, do you see any Combine Metal around the buildings, I don't.

Did you notice the dates of the first few posts????

Nicky 0123

21-02-2008, 01:47 AM

Ah, eh...

No...

RyanG

21-02-2008, 01:48 AM

Nah, my theory is that they're just to 'supplement' (if you will) her muscles and bones to avoid damage when falling long distances (like you do in Portal).

Narvi

21-02-2008, 07:24 AM

It's not really a "theory" as opposed to "said outright in the game".