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It's about the G-Man. I was reading an article and it reminded me that these episodes are about how the G-Man loses control of you and what he does to deal with that. Maybe, knowing the G-Man was controlling Gordon, Eli sent the Vorts to deal with him. Now, pissed off to say the least, the G-Man sent the Advisors to deal with Eli. This doesn't technically make the G-Man evil or bad, but rather neutral. And it raises more questions. It still doesn't answer questions about who he is, or what he wants with Gordon, or even what firckn side he is on. God will we ever know?

Yeah, but something doesn't fit: If G-Man was going to kill Eli, why would he have bothered to send him an important message only minutes prior? Why give vital information to a man about to kick the bucket?

That would explain why the Vortigaunts appeared at exactly the right time in Episode One, but there's no reason to believe the G-Man has any control over the Advisors. We have every reason to believe the Combine are the G-Man's enemy. --MattyDienhoff 10:21, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm not saying that he has "control" over the Advisors, but it's not to hard to say "Hey, dudes. Eli Vance, Gordon Freeman, and a giant rocket are at White Forrest. Heres a back way in."" then exit stage left before a bloody murder, mesa style you know. I believe that the G-Man cares nothing for Earth, but is an enemy of the Combine. I also have a small thought that we was a last ditch effort for Earth, like a kinda "do whatever it takes" agent, and was able to get his hands on a portal gun from Apeture. I don't know about the speech problem, must have been beaten as a child or something. I think the speech problem is because he doesn't know the language very well. He is probably some type of alien, and the english language comes hard to him. That's why he studders.

--Imhumpinurhead 19:19, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I think the prolonged usage of a portal gun causes speech disorders :) --azder 15:48, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

He looked at the operational end, didn't he?--Sandwichman2449 00:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I have a different theory. It's obvious that the G-man is not human, but it is my belief that he is not even a mortal, physical being, but more of a catilyst, a force to keep things moving. However, as such things are, forces require something to create them or cause them, explaining the G-man's "employers". This would explain many things: his voice because, being an incorporeal being, he is unfamiliar with the concept of audible speech; his ability to appear and reappear at will; his access to many different places, universes, and such things in miliseconds; and most other things that have gone unexplained. ~HironStake

The idea that Eli sent the Vortigaunts is definitely inaccurate, I'm afraid. Don't forget Elis' suprise to find Alyx and Gordon still alive at the beginning of episode one. If he had sent the Vortigaunts to save them, don't you think he might have had at least some idea that they might be alive? I don't see why the g-man would have had to send the advisers, either. We know that Breen had told the advisers of the troubles on earth, and that the combine in the citadel blew the reactor to let the advisors through (watch the ending sequence of episode one). Why would the g-man have to be involved? I mean, the combine knew where white forest was, and all the combine advisors had to do was fly in, nothing other than dog seems to be able to stop them anyway. The idea that the G-man is a cosmic force is also largely flawed. You may be able to describe him as the user of a cosmic force, but as vortigaunts appear to have many of the same powers as him, and they are merely a race that complete these feets through technological prowess (along with a few interesting biological characteristics). While vortigaunts seem to not have entirely equal abilities to the g-man, they are not far off, and can (as we see at the beginning of episode one) occasionally out manouvre him. Also I'd like to point out that the g-man clearly has limitations to what he can do to achieve his goals. He only seems to be able to reveal himself to a limited number of people. I think this is worth remembering. There is a story by Isaac Asimov, entitled "spell my name with an s", which describes an entity who, for a dare, attempts to make an incredible change to the world with a minimal intervention. I think that story may have more relevence to valves' work than you would realise... (Dylan)