The G-man database

[Combine_Advisor]

In this thread post what you know about the gman.For expample
-The gman is first seen in half-life 1
-His name is not revealed
-We do not know what his intentions are
-Eli Vance refers to him as "our mutual friend"
-Odessa Cubbage is seen talking to him in Half Life 2
The goal of this thread is to sort of "calculate" the information and to get the result: The identity of this controversial character

[Vegeta897]

Good luck.

[Barnz]

He probably have a military training (he reactivates the nuke in OpFor).

[Ren.182]

It's all been discussed before really and we don't have any idea who/what he is yet :P

[wrongworld]

hm, maybe to get further in revealing the G-man we need to take an diff approach, like this maybe.
tho i dont see how we can get anywhere if only facts are to be posted here
(else u dont know)


why aint tthere any thinking smileys!? :borg:

[Vegeta897]

why aint tthere any thinking smileys!? :borg:
Step 1: Go to google image search
Step 2: Search 'thinking'
Step 3: Filter small images
Step 4: Find something
Step 5: Post

http://i.pbase.com/u26/xangaxanga/upload/43197300.thinking.gif

[wrongworld]

yea well would be nicer if u could choose it from the smiley list,
and then this one should be added too :E

http://www.nissangtir.co.uk/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif

[Vegeta897]

Hey look I already posted that one.

[wrongworld]

yes the thinking one :thumbs:

like the DOO smiley

and thanks for pointing that way out :rolleyes:

aint the a way, so u dont have to find the http every time?

[Ennui]

http://www.kupoartist.eclipse.co.uk/gman/extra.htm

thread over thanks to kupoartist

[Oreolek]

Half-Life 1,second sighting - you can hear his words behind the glass
He says about pushing the mass spectrometer to 105% or something.

[Vaun]

Wasnt that the black mesa scientist, under the administrator (breen, who was also the admin of BM at the time)order to get up to 110% for the clearest readings?

Anyway, heres some data on the nameless g-man:
-Works for an unknown Third party.
-always appears in a place where he cant be interacted with without cheating/glitching.
-has been sen speeking with odessa cubbage, and has spoken to eli vance.
-has recruited Gordon Freeman and Cpl. Adrian Shephard for unknown purposes, and saved Alyx's life from the destruction of BM.
-Can appear anywhere and seems to be capable of disappearing in an instant, and knows when your watching, even through a camera.

[wrongworld]

But there is still the lingering matter of witnesses.
I admit I have a fascination with those who adapt and survive against all odds?they rather remind me of myself.
If for no other reason, I have argued to preserve you for a time.
While I believe a civil servant like yourself understands the importance of...
discretion, my employers are not quite so trusting and rather than continually subject you to the irresistible temptation of telling all, we have decided to...
convey you somewhere where you can do no possible harm, and where no harm can come to you. I'm sure you can imagine that there are worse alternatives.


its not sure adrian is still alive, saying adrian is in stasis for further use when Gordon fails is a theory.

[Combine_Advisor]

Thanks to you guys,i have came up with a theory that gman is a illusion for the ones who are intendet to see him .That would explain his dissapearing act

[Vaun]

I stated something about how hes an artificial construct, just a vision, at first in black mesa as a recruiter, and later as an observer, to make sure freeman completes the gmans employers goals.

Gman cant overthrow his employers, but can simply make independant decisions that wont interfere with their overall goal. Thats why he was able to keep adrian, just in case...

Although i hope adrian comes back in ep3 or the speculated hl3, i wanna see how badass he looks now (and what his face looks like).

Well, theres my 2 cents, pay me a dollar to continue service :^P

[Vaun]

more data:
-will offer gordons "contract" to whoever will further his plan, which i currently believe is to keep each dimension seperate, no matter what it makes gordon do.

[wrongworld]

WRONG, he will offer Gordons service contract to the highest bidder.

G-man still owns Gordons after he has sold Gordons services,
and we dont know if he only sells the services to thoose who take his plans further.

[Vaun]

Would you pay someone to demolish a bridge your driving over? where gordon would be the payment and the bridge is your plan.

[wrongworld]

who are saying that him and his employers got a plan?

[Vaun]

Yes, otherwise why choose gordon over shephard (who i think went through worse)?, why black mesa? (well they did have xen portals), why earth?, why our dimension at all?

[wrongworld]

Adrian got more help from G-man then Gordon did, and adrian going through worse then Gordon i cant say, to long since i played the first HL games.

but either way, that G-man and his employers got a plan, is a theory, this topic is for facts, thats why i posted against u in the first place

[Vaun]

Actually you didnt, you started spouting something about witnesses which was completely incorrect. I played HL1 and Op4 yesterday, gordon doesnt recieve any help (at least i think)., gman helps shephard in the radioactive waste room, but then later stops adrian from escaping via Osprey heliplane. In my experience, Op4 was much harder than the original Half-Life. The only reason i think valve hasnt readded Adrian in HL2 is because hes a creation of gearbox and probably still owned by them, but storywise, theres no need for him yet because gordon hasnt died yet. And otherwise theres no way to make them go against their natural instincts and will, in other words the gmans hidden agenda currently focuses on stopping or erradicating the combine. It will remain so because theres nothing else that gordon or adrian would do because of their natural state. It is possible that gmans controllers are nihilanthian, though i severely doubt that.

[wrongworld]

WRONG, he will offer Gordons service contract to the highest bidder.

G-man still owns Gordons after he has sold Gordons services


this is not incorrect, play HL2 and the Ep?s again.

[Vaun]

in episode one gman looses control over gordon due to the vorts, in ep2 the gman begins regaining control. Also, you quoted yourself, contridicting yourself as well...

[alyxvance]

cool idea. first up iwould just like to say THE G-MAN IS NOT GORDON FREEMAN, U HEAR ME, IS NOT......................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


sorry about that i get realli pissed how everyone seems to think gordon freeman is the g-man.

[deathcheckedin]

He is definitely not human

He only seems to have constant contact with Gordon and Adrian. Exact opposites of each other at first glance, ironically

He had a deal to guarantee Alyx's safety durijng the BM incident

[Syme]

He is definitely not human

He only seems to have constant contact with Gordon and Adrian. Exact opposites of each other at first glance, ironically

He had a deal to guarantee Alyx's safety durijng the BM incident

what proves he is not human?

[deathcheckedin]

can u do anything he does?

[DEATH eVADER]

can u do anything he does?

No, but something could of happened to his brain to allow him to do these things, which may also explain some speech impediment that he has going for him

[Barnz]

can u do anything he does?

I can. ;)

[Combine_Advisor]

He is definitely not human

He only seems to have constant contact with Gordon and Adrian. Exact opposites of each other at first glance, ironically

He had a deal to guarantee Alyx's safety durijng the BM incident

Wait...he may have made a deal with eli to save alyx's life,but the catch was something that isnt good..That is why maby he said (innacurate quote)
"When he saved her it was for his own damn reasons"

I think i just made i minor breakthrough

[Tee Kyoo Em]

Let's break the fourth wall for a moment and have a peek behind the curtain of the game from a mechanical perspective.

All character classes have defined roles within the game.

Certain classes have an adversarial role; they're your opponents in the game.

Other classes have a cooperative role; they're your allies in the game.

Throughout the course of the Half-Life series, certain character classes have even changed roles.

As a developer, it's only natural to explore the full spectrum of possible roles for character classes within a game and the G-Man is the logical conclusion of this attempt; his reason for being is to create a sense of conspiracy, as he appears to be both adversarial as well as cooperative.


Of course, there's a lot more to speculate about the mysteries of the G-Man from a story perspective.

[Acepilotf14]

gman= gordon

[deathcheckedin]

gman= gordon

ok i can see if this is a joke but let me put it to you logically. At the end of HL1, there is the option: death or portal. If Gman is Gordon then why give him the death option since the Gman would cease to exsist. Also Valve has denied this constantly

[Lizardizzle]

what if in the end of Ep:3, gordon dies, and the G-man decides it's time for Adrian to come out of stasis?

It'd be a fairly risky twist for valve though...

[hot564231]

why aint tthere any thinking smileys!? :borg:

http://www.msdanielle.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/thinking.gif

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=35YivWEs3zw

[Acepilotf14]

ok i can see if this is a joke but let me put it to you logically. At the end of HL1, there is the option: death or portal. If Gman is Gordon then why give him the death option since the Gman would cease to exsist. Also Valve has denied this constantly

because the canon ending is that he chose portal, and thus gman continues to exist

so therefore gman = gordon

[Combine_Advisor]

because the canon ending is that he chose portal, and thus gman continues to exist

so therefore gman = gordon

in my country it is 3:18 in the morning and i just dont have the energy to discus this with yo...*snore*

[Acepilotf14]

of course not, because you accept that gman is gordon, you just don't want to admit it