Poll: Black Mesa v. Aperture Science

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GammaChris

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So in VALVe's wonderful world of rivaling science labs, but if you had to work for one, which would it be. For Aperture, assume that its before GLaDOS went haywire. Same thing with Black Mesa, this takes place before any resonance cascade.

I pick Black Mesa. Half-Life implies that it had some pretty good benefits while working there, plus I'd get to hang with Gordan Freeman!
 

Dr Pussymagnet

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I wouldn't want to work for Aperture Science because I'm afraid of deadly neurotoxin emitters.
 

Azeban

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Black Mesa was such a dark and gloomy work environment. I bet the pay was a hell of alot better though, since they got so many more Department of Defense contracts. (remember the slide show)
 

Corven

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Well here's how I see it, Aperture Laboratories has a killer robot and a cool portal gun, Black Mesa on the other hand tore a portal into another dimension and caused technologically advanced aliens to enslave earth, Uh.. I think I'll go with Black Mesa.
 

Radelaide

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darkstone said:
Well here's how I see it, Aperture Laboratories has a killer robot and a cool portal gun, Black Mesa on the other hand tore a portal into another dimension and caused technologically advanced aliens to enslave earth, Uh.. I think I'll go with Black Mesa.
Is that you or the combine talking?
 

Corven

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Radelaide said:
darkstone said:
Well here's how I see it, Aperture Laboratories has a killer robot and a cool portal gun, Black Mesa on the other hand tore a portal into another dimension and caused technologically advanced aliens to enslave earth, Uh.. I think I'll go with Black Mesa.
Is that you or the combine talking?
What are you talking about, Citizen? Move along.
 

Aardvark

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Probably neither, as all the doompocalypse laboratories seem to be located in North America. On the plus side, when the world goes south, I know where to place the blame.
 

geldonyetich

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Tough call. The secret government contractor whose resonance cascade results in your untimely termination either during the event or after as the military moves in with a mop-op operation to kill everybody, or the competing secret government contractor whose AI apparently slips a cog and murders you during Bring Your Daughter To Work day, keeping your daughter in cryogenic suspension, slapping on surgical knee braces, and using them to perform a battery of ultimately fatal control tests of the viability of your company's last product.

Suddenly, applying for work flipping burgers doesn't sound so bad.
 

Radelaide

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darkstone said:
Radelaide said:
darkstone said:
Well here's how I see it, Aperture Laboratories has a killer robot and a cool portal gun, Black Mesa on the other hand tore a portal into another dimension and caused technologically advanced aliens to enslave earth, Uh.. I think I'll go with Black Mesa.
Is that you or the combine talking?
What are you talking about, Citizen? Move along.
*Goes and destroys Citadel* Whoops, my baaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
 

Eipok Kruden

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As I remember it, Black Mesa seemed kind of rough around the edges. It was more of a shady poorly funded laboratory, whereas Aperture Science was all shiny and advanced. Black Mesa was still using bulky monitors while Aperture Science had already started using a few LCD's. Not only that, but Aperture Science seemed much safer, cleaner, more secure, etc... Of course with GLaDOS, it was a nightmare (deadly neurotoxins, hehehe), but It was very nice before then. I'd just make sure GLaDOS had the same kind of polish and perfection that the rest of the place had or I'd make sure she was never brought online in the first place. My vote goes with Aperture Science, the clean and shiny place with the fancy equipment and portal guns.
 

aussiesniper

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I'm going to side with Black Mesa for this one. Portals are nice, but so is annihalating everything you can see with the Gluon (Ergon?) gun.
 

L4Y Duke

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Neurotoxin sounds like a better way to go than getting headcrabbed, then torn apart by a maniac with a crowbar.

Apature Science it is!
 

sunami88

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Aperture, but only because the Half Life universe seems to imply that almost every human being on the planet was working for Black Mesa. They may have had good benefits, but can you imagine Aperture in a hiring crunch?

Free money plz!
 

Ursus Astrorum

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Aperture Science started off as a shower-curtain manufacturer, who branched off into portal technology as the result of a misinterpreted last request from Aperture's founder. In their development, they hit a snag when they learned of Black Mesa's portal research, so they created GLaDOS to make their workplace more efficient.

Black Mesa, on the other hand, is more of an underfunded laboratory that used ragtag and rugged machinery, and just so happened to have opened a portal to an alternate dimension full of hostile aliens.

Though Aperture had some great inventions, I'm going with Black Mesa, simply because the group was much more close-knit. There isn't a massive corporation involved, or a robotic element. Everyone knew each other: Eli, Kleiner, Barney, Magnusson, Breen, Gordon. There were other people, sure, but they were aides and security guards.
 

Avatar Roku

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Black Mesa. GLaDos was cool and all, but she was also mean. I am likable. I do have friends besides the cube. *whimper*.
 

LewsTherin

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hmmm.....Black Mesa.

Because getting offed by Ha-I mean GLaDoS doesn't exactly sound like fun. Hey, at least Black Mesa had a number of crowbars on hand.
 

Eipok Kruden

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orannis62 said:
Black Mesa. GLaDos was cool and all, but she was also mean. I am likable. I do have friends besides the cube. *whimper*.
All your friends left you because you're no fun to hang out with. No one likes you! They're throwing a party with cake and ice cream and you're not invited!