Is portal set in the past? - Games

I saw a kid watching some cartoon called totally spies in a electronics store and it had a robot in a mans office called "Gladis" or "Gladys" or something like that who was kinda like "Glados"

[QUOTE=Jeebz;17275553]Is it?[/QUOTE] Yes, it is set in a secret pyramid in ancient Egypt

[QUOTE=Gunner th;17280072]It would have to be after the Portal storms and the Combine Take Over. GLaDOS does refer to the Combine, not by name, just as "They" or "Them". I belive some Valve employee said early on with the Announcement that Portal takes place around the same time as Half Life 2, or just before. I'd place it around the Events of Half life 2 myself. There is no given date really, it takes place After Half Life 1 ends and Before episode 2 begins. Only a 17-20 year time line to look at....[/QUOTE] It's not like it couldn't be humans since she killed those scientists and test subjects out of spite, she may be refering to human beings. And since it looked like a parkinglot in the forest it could be the combine hadn't found them yet and perhaps didn't know what had happened in Black Mesa since the government tried to cover it up.

[url]http://members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/timeline.htm[/url] According to this Half Life takes place in 2000 Portal takes place in 2010 and Half Life 2 takes place in 2020

Makes sense portal is set in the past. I mean who hasn't got a portal gun?

isn't like hl2 was 7 years after hl1? I remember playing the game and it saying something like that:O

1999-2000 HL1 7 Hour war time or a little after Portal 20 Years after HL1-HL2 2020=HL2 Thats what i believe.

It is after the Combine have taken over Earth. Some GLaDOS dialog: "Are you trying to escape? *laughter* Things have changed since the last time you left the building. What's going on out there will make you wish you were back in here. I have an infinite capacity for knowledge and even [i]I'm[/i] not sure what's going on outside. All I know is I'm the only thing standing between us and them... well, I [i]was[/i]. Unless you have a plan for building some super computer parts in a big hurry, this place isn't going to be safe much longer. Good job on that by the way- *[i]sarcasm sphere self-test complete[/i]*" escape_02_spheredestroy4-02 escape_02_spheredestroy4-03 escape_02_spheredestroy4-04

You guys are trying too hard. It makes me laugh a little.

Portal is set in 2009. Location: Your hard drive.

In 1983 Glados filled Aperture Science with a nerve gas (the reason the calendars haven't changed since). The military, or whatever cleanup personell you like, removed corpses etc. and added the morality core to Glados. How did Chell end up at AS? Part of Valve's mysteries, like how the Zombine doesn't function without a full head. When is it set? Again, that all depends on when you think HL1 was set. I go for the middle ground of most guesses and say 2000, a nice round number. So nothing is wrong outside AS, so it could be anything between 1 month (how long does it take for nerve gas to disappear, corpses to be cleared, and a robot to be upgraded?) and 1 day before the events of Black Mesa and the resonance cascade. I say around 1996 or 7, mainly because there is obviously someone living in the bowels of AS while you play, or at least until recently. The way the 'Rat Man' had been living seemed to suggest that he's been there for years, and not a few days. Then HL2 20 years later. Rough times: Portal - 1996/7 HL1 -2000 HL2 - 2020

[QUOTE=Riotashuma;17313014]Portal is set in 2009. Location: Your hard drive.[/QUOTE] That's funny, considering it was released in 2008.

It must be when Black Mesa was still strong because they have all the charts up and Black Mesa is doing a lot better than them. [editline]10:25PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Memobot;17317754]The military, or whatever cleanup personell you like, removed corpses etc. and [b]added the morality core to Glados[/b].[/QUOTE] Why the fuck would they do that? Why would the same military that in HL1 killed everyone in Black Mesa, so must be pretty ruthless, upgrade an evil robot that just killed all the people working in a massive laboratory, especially if they are just going to leave said robot in said massive laboratory by itself, and with the means to abduct random people? That's just stupid.

[QUOTE=Memobot;17317754]In 1983 Glados filled Aperture Science with a nerve gas (the reason the calendars haven't changed since). The military, or whatever cleanup personell you like, removed corpses etc. and added the morality core to Glados. How did Chell end up at AS? Part of Valve's mysteries, like how the Zombine doesn't function without a full head. When is it set? Again, that all depends on when you think HL1 was set. I go for the middle ground of most guesses and say 2000, a nice round number. So nothing is wrong outside AS, so it could be anything between 1 month (how long does it take for nerve gas to disappear, corpses to be cleared, and a robot to be upgraded?) and 1 day before the events of Black Mesa and the resonance cascade. I say around 1996 or 7, mainly because there is obviously someone living in the bowels of AS while you play, or at least until recently. The way the 'Rat Man' had been living seemed to suggest that he's been there for years, and not a few days. Then HL2 20 years later. Rough times: Portal - 1996/7 HL1 -2000 HL2 - 2020[/QUOTE] Chell got in aperture science with bring your daughter to work day.

When you discover the aperture science thing in hl2 episode 2, doc due says they were competing against Black mesa for funds, so it was up when black mesa was up.

All I know is that there are board rooms with presentations about Blakc Mesa titled dollars and sense, so considering they are talking about it and 1. if it were real the combine would probally arrest you for talking about Black Mesa (conspiracy against the government) 2. they wouldn't talk about it in buisness form if it had allready asploded so yeah, before the "black mesa incident"

i liked GLaDOS, i wish i didnt kill her :(

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;17280754]I thought it was never confirmed when it took place. As far as we know it was Tuesday and everyone was at home for the weekend.[/QUOTE] [quote]"I flooded the enrichment center with a deadly neural-toxin..."[/quote] Or...

[b][url]http://www.members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/timeline.htm[/url][/b] I like this theorie. [editline]03:21AM[/editline] Uh, wait. [quote=The guide]1 - The date that the events of Portal take place aren't certain. We do know that GLaDOS says to Chell: "Are you trying to escape? [chuckle] Things have changed since the last time you left the building. What's going on out will make you wish you were back in here. I have an infinite capacity for knowledge, and even I'm not sure what is going on outside. All I know is I'm the only thing standing between us and them. Well, I was. Unless you have a plan for building some supercomputer parts in a big hurry, this place isn't going to be safe much longer." This implies that the game takes place during the Portal Storms or afterwards. Read more about Portal on the Wikipedia page here. [/quote]

Hehe, Aperture Science used to sell Curtain Rods. :D

Who gave GlaDOS nerve gas in the first place.

[QUOTE=Aznsniper911;17332531]Who gave GlaDOS nerve gas in the first place.[/QUOTE] :iiam: Anyways, it seems obvious to me that the people in Aperture Laboraties fled very quickly, while no one died. So it's unlikely that it was the nerve gas which killed them.

It's after the Portal storms. If it was during there would have been some sign of it outside. They wouldn't make it during the portal storms then show you some nice and clean outdoor place.

All that says is it wasn't during the portal storms, what about before?

Yeah, and episode three will take place in 2025 no wait...that's when it's coming out...

[QUOTE=Nori;17280021]Well remember guys, Portal was a mod made by the same guys that did Narbacular Drop (except they worked at Valve after Gabe hired them all) AFTER HL2 came out. The whole 'portal' idea didn't exist until after HL2, so pretty much anything you see in HL2 will not hint towards Aperture Science. On topic, the whole Earth has been dominated by Combine in HL2 and at the end of Portal you pop out in that every day parking lot, so I'd say it's before the 7 hour war.[/QUOTE] No emergency services, gawking bystanders, parked cars or ordinary traffic. I think it's just in a relatively abandoned area (The combine and people seeing no need to be there) post 7 Hours War.

[QUOTE=ShitBalls;17326446]Chell got in aperture science with bring your daughter to work day.[/QUOTE] Sounds like chell was someones daughter when shit hit the fan and they were testing some things on her right before Glados snapped.

[QUOTE=Magman77;17331478]Or...[/QUOTE] And then they installed a Morality Core and resumed working.

[QUOTE=robowurmz;17324631]That's funny, considering it was released in 2008.[/QUOTE] You mean 2007. Idiot.

[QUOTE=Negrul1;17325126]It must be when Black Mesa was still strong because they have all the charts up and Black Mesa is doing a lot better than them. [editline]10:25PM[/editline] Why the fuck would they do that? Why would the same military that in HL1 killed everyone in Black Mesa, so must be pretty ruthless, upgrade an evil robot that just killed all the people working in a massive laboratory, especially if they are just going to leave said robot in said massive laboratory by itself, and with the means to abduct random people? That's just stupid.[/QUOTE] I never said they were the HECU from HL1. Now you're looking into this too much. It's a game. I really don't care that much.