Theory on who Gman is!

[Whiskyjakk]

He's not human. FULLSTOP.

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.

Maybe that's just what he wants you to think!

 

[Dommyboy]

Gordon Freeman

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.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

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.

 

[Twilight_guy]

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:

Spoiler: Spoilers for every HL game since HL2

This is similar to a theory that I've heard on the Something Awful forums. There was a fellow there that suggested that it was Eli Vance who hired Gordon, and that the G-man had Eli killed when he failed to make his payment. It stands to reason that Eli probably asked the Vortigaunts to restrain the G-man because he knew he couldn't make the payment. The guy on this forum suggested that the proposed payment was Alyx, but I don't buy that - there's no way Eli would make that offer, and the G-man saved Alyx from Black Mesa of his own accord; obviously, he had plans for her that we haven't seen yet. It is possible that someone else made this offer - Kleiner, perhaps - but if that's the case, why was Eli the one that was killed? (I recognize that it was actually the Advisor that killed Eli, but does that not seem like exactly the way that the G-man operates?)

I think that the people to ask about the G-man are the Vortigaunts. They have similar powers, and when Gordon is outside the G-man's control in Episode 1, the entire game switches as if the Vortigaunts are Gordon's new employers - you remember how you'd get the "SUBJECT: Gordon Freeman STATUS: Mission Failed NOTES: Subject failed to preserve mission-critical equipment" messages if you did something like drop your car into the ocean or let an essential NPC die? I don't recall this myself, but I've heard that when a similar situation occurs in Episode 1, the text that crawls across the screen is Vortigaunt-speak. I think it's possible that the Vortigaunts know everything there is to know about the G-man.

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?

 

[Gormers1]

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?

 

[Uncompetative]

Gordon Freeman

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...

 

[SnowCold]

I think Gordon is just insane and Gman sort of represents some part of his contiance

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

My bet is that he's an older Gordon from the future.

It just seems like the "right" plot twist, despite not being a good one.

Personally I'd be happier if they never explained.

 

[Good morning blues]

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.

Not actually true. The Gearbox expansions are "ambiguously canon" - obviously some things, like the teleportation gun in Opposing Force, constitute continuity errors when compared to the events and rules of the later Valve games, but Valve hasn't confirmed or denied how "canon" these expansions are. Additionally, according to this article [http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=76529], Doug Lombardi and Gabe Newell are expecting a comeback for Shepard at some point.

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?

Well, we do know a lot about Gordon. He has his own history - he wrote his Ph.D thesis at MIT on teleportation through solid matter, continued to study teleportation technology at Innsbruck University, and eventually got fed up with the lack of funds and had his old friend Dr. Kleiner reccommend him for a job at Black Mesa. I've also heard that we know for sure that the only combat training he's had was at the Black Mesa training process, though I'm not sure where that's confirmed. Basically, he's just a super-gifted scientist, who also happens to be pretty good at fighting his way through swarms of aliens. There might be something more to it, but I haven't picked up any hints in the games.

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...

I'm utterly convinced that this is just a coincidence. It's the same as the whole Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device = ASHPD = Adrian Shepard - a complete fluke.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Well, we do know a lot about Gordon. He has his own history - he wrote his Ph.D thesis at MIT on teleportation through solid matter, continued to study teleportation technology at Innsbruck University, and eventually got fed up with the lack of funds and had his old friend Dr. Kleiner reccommend him for a job at Black Mesa. I've also heard that we know for sure that the only combat training he's had was at the Black Mesa training process, though I'm not sure where that's confirmed. Basically, he's just a super-gifted scientist, who also happens to be pretty good at fighting his way through swarms of aliens. There might be something more to it, but I haven't picked up any hints in the games.

If everybody in black mesa got the same weapons training, then why is Gordon one of the only guys who didn't end up dead? It might just be that he's really lucky and has some natural talent, but that doesn't seem like a very fun explanation.

 

[danosaurus]

He's not human. FULLSTOP.

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.

Maybe that's just what he wants you to think!

True, but then you could apply that attitude to any aspect of the story and brand any coherent storytelling as a fassaud?

I think the G-man is anything but human and if he turns out to be;
A) Human
B) A government agent
And finally and most retardedly
C) Jesus' messenger

I will eat a jar of ginger whilst writing Valve angry letters sealed with my tears.

p.s did i mention i hate Ginger? Because i do

 

[sheomad]

Gordon Freeman

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.

At the end of episode two now space slugs sucked some brain out and that was the end

 

[Good morning blues]

Well, we do know a lot about Gordon. He has his own history - he wrote his Ph.D thesis at MIT on teleportation through solid matter, continued to study teleportation technology at Innsbruck University, and eventually got fed up with the lack of funds and had his old friend Dr. Kleiner reccommend him for a job at Black Mesa. I've also heard that we know for sure that the only combat training he's had was at the Black Mesa training process, though I'm not sure where that's confirmed. Basically, he's just a super-gifted scientist, who also happens to be pretty good at fighting his way through swarms of aliens. There might be something more to it, but I haven't picked up any hints in the games.

If everybody in black mesa got the same weapons training, then why is Gordon one of the only guys who didn't end up dead? It might just be that he's really lucky and has some natural talent, but that doesn't seem like a very fun explanation.

Well, it may not be especially lausible, but it's really fitting with the feel of the original game. Half-Life 2 is very different from Half-Life; in the latter, you were a messiah figure, a freedom fighter, a figure of hope for the oppressed citizens of Earth. In Half-Life, you were a theoretical physiscist thrust into the worst day at work ever, hanging on and surviving by the skin of your teeth.

 

[WolfThomas]

Well, we do know a lot about Gordon. He has his own history - he wrote his Ph.D thesis at MIT on teleportation through solid matter, continued to study teleportation technology at Innsbruck University, and eventually got fed up with the lack of funds and had his old friend Dr. Kleiner reccommend him for a job at Black Mesa. I've also heard that we know for sure that the only combat training he's had was at the Black Mesa training process, though I'm not sure where that's confirmed. Basically, he's just a super-gifted scientist, who also happens to be pretty good at fighting his way through swarms of aliens. There might be something more to it, but I haven't picked up any hints in the games.

If everybody in black mesa got the same weapons training, then why is Gordon one of the only guys who didn't end up dead? It might just be that he's really lucky and has some natural talent, but that doesn't seem like a very fun explanation.

Well, it may not be especially lausible, but it's really fitting with the feel of the original game. Half-Life 2 is very different from Half-Life; in the latter, you were a messiah figure, a freedom fighter, a figure of hope for the oppressed citizens of Earth. In Half-Life, you were a theoretical physiscist thrust into the worst day at work ever, hanging on and surviving by the skin of your teeth.

Well, we do know a lot about Gordon. He has his own history - he wrote his Ph.D thesis at MIT on teleportation through solid matter, continued to study teleportation technology at Innsbruck University, and eventually got fed up with the lack of funds and had his old friend Dr. Kleiner reccommend him for a job at Black Mesa. I've also heard that we know for sure that the only combat training he's had was at the Black Mesa training process, though I'm not sure where that's confirmed. Basically, he's just a super-gifted scientist, who also happens to be pretty good at fighting his way through swarms of aliens. There might be something more to it, but I haven't picked up any hints in the games.

If everybody in black mesa got the same weapons training, then why is Gordon one of the only guys who didn't end up dead? It might just be that he's really lucky and has some natural talent, but that doesn't seem like a very fun explanation.

Gordon had the HEV suit on, thats why he survived over security guards and other scientists, he had a suit that made him slightly stronger and faster, able to survive dangerous conditions, monitor his health and assist in aiming weapons.

My image of Gordon was of a sort of semi-ubermensch, a really smart scientist who also physically fit (cycling, swimming, etc). Throw in basic weapons training and its a start.

I think the thing about Gordon, is he learns really fast, in Black Mesa he quickly worked out how to kill y and navigate x.

 

[The Shade]

I'm not so sure Gman is an agent of a rebellion movement against the Combine. Sure, the Combine are the scourge of the pan-dimensional community, but the way Gman talks about his employers (not to mention the way he is portrayed) makes me think whoever he works for is bigger than the Combine.

It could be an individual, it could be a group, it could be a whole Empire. But I don't think Gman is rebel. His powers far outweigh those of the Combine and humans combined. Stopping time? Instant teleportation? Fearless to tread into warzones just to watch Gordon fight to the death? These aren't the tendencies of someone who'd be concerned for their personal safety.

Clearly the vortigaunts have some sort of method of negating his power, which is an argument in favour of Gman being an alien himself - otherwise why would the Vortigaunts know how to deal with him? - but he doesn't seem to view them as a threat despite this.

Whoever his 'employers' are, I doubt very much that they're a rebellion. They're superior to the Combine if they have servants capable of the things the Gman can do, even if the Combine are aware of the Gman and his employers or not. Why Gman chooses to work through Gordon is still a mystery. Perhaps he does this to avoid drawing attention to himself?

Theories abound.

 

[bulbasaur]

i think Gman is a projection i.e. an image used to communicate with people. i believe the organization behind him have the power to pull people in and out of time periods. im guessing they want to get rid of the combine so they use Gman to communicate to the people with the potential to do serious damage to the combine, and throw them into a place/time when they could be of the most use.


so to sum up i think Gman is just a telepathic projection used to communicate with potential recruits. and the organization behind him have time travel related power.

 

[Iron Sea]

Gman has the same weird, green eye color as Gordon, that must mean something.

I'm not sure if everyone knows this, but, 'Gman' is not his real name, it's just part of the code that was used for spawning him in the game, the 'g' means something like 'Government' man.

I believe Gordan (probably named something else) is Gman's affilate in another dimension, but now that the Combine invaded our dimension, he must find our version of Gordan for whatever reason, perhaps their version of Gordon was just about to defeat the Combine, thus solving the question of why he'd pick our version to overcome them.

"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world."

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

There is no way what you said is the truth. I think the G man is some sort of evil alien with even loftier aspirations than the combine.