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scutter_2
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:05 pm |
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_________________ -Anything that happens, happens
-Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen
-Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, causes itself to happen again; though not always chronologically
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Naurgul
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:10 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:20 pm Posts: 56 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
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Yar Kramer
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:54 pm |
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I think we may sort-of find out in Chronoclasm. (Or "Out Of Time", Adam mentioned in the chatroom that this name would appear after 'Metastasis' in Steam.)
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Pyro-Dude
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:34 pm |
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Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:14 pm Posts: 51 Location: Ingerlarnd
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_________________ Help my minicity to grow. Visit daily!
- population - industry - transport
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Naurgul
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:46 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:20 pm Posts: 56 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
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Kastanok
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:39 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:33 pm Posts: 158 Location: Derby, UK
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_________________ A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Baffled
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Post subject: The land that lies beyond Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:59 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:10 pm Posts: 13 Location: Someplace Else
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Naurgul
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:19 pm |
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Ace
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:52 pm |
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Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:28 pm Posts: 69 Location: Ithaca, NY, USA
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Terrapin
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:03 am |
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Joined: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:48 am Posts: 105
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Interesting- I come here to discuss my theories regarding said portal, and not only do I find an in-depth discussion already in progress, but both of the theories I support have already been mentioned. Those are, of course, the ultra-technological race that wound up being undone by their own technology, and the time-portal idea.
I personally subscribe to the time portal theory - it just seems to work. One, we know Antlions came from Xen. There are Antlions there, but that place is obviously not Xen. If you're like me, and decided to noclip to that place (just go straight down), you likely noticed some markedly Combine architecture, but also a human-stile I-beam type material. Oh, and sand - lots and lots of sand. So, what place has Antlions, human- and combine-esque construction, and the potential for mass desertification. Earth, of course. Think about it - we beat the Combine at some point in the future, reverse engineer Combine technology, and, given our volatile human natures, we blow ourselves to pieces.
There is, of course, more evidence for this. Near the beginning of M3, you see a hologram of Earth. Later, near the portal, you see a hologram of the other planet. Perhaps some kind of now-and-then comparison? The title Chronoclasm / Out of Time also lends itself to time-travel dynamics. Then we take into account Ace's post, and we have a very well laid out theory of the world beyond that portal, and pretty much no evidence against it. Unless, of course, I missed something.
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Kastanok
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:28 am |
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Joined: Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:33 pm Posts: 158 Location: Derby, UK
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As convincing as these arguments are, may I play the Devil's advocate? In Combine controlled Earth, vast tracts of the ocean are dried up - deserts, littered with ship wrecks and great animal carcasses. Just think of the concept art from Raising the Bar for the Wastelands, and of the brief trip there in HL2's malfunctioning teleport.
_________________ A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
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Dagda Mor
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:37 am |
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Joined: Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:12 am Posts: 13
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_________________ ...comes...another...you are man...the last...I am the last...done...what have you done...die...all die...now...their slaves...we are their slaves...we are...the truth...you can never know...thieves...you all are...alone, not you...alone...
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Kenny
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:42 am |
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Joined: Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:37 am Posts: 105
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_________________ Finished Minerva on Normal...
What about Hard?...
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