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#1 · September 9, 2010, 5:51 pm

Post all of your baseless speculation about Portal 2's story here! I'll start:

msleeper's baseless speculation

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I said it before, but after seeing the HD trailer for Co-op, specifically GLaDOS' line about how the bots are facing their "real purpose" in Manufacturing, I think they will be some sort of boss challenge in the singleplayer. GLaDOS would rather have robots than Chelle, because robots she can control and respawn infinitely. Assuming the "brain scan" being backed up statement during the fight with GLaDOS in Portal 1 was actually true, I assume that Chelle's backup was lost in the interim between Portal and Portal 2.

Anyway, GlaDOS wants the bots to replace Chelle, and is training them in Portal techniques to do so. Hence the Cooperative Testing Initiative.

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#2 · September 9, 2010, 8:03 pm

Sounds plausible enough but I'm not quite ready to believe it yet.

#3 · September 10, 2010, 10:03 am

Omnicoder wrote:

Sounds plausible enough but I'm not quite ready to believe it yet.

#4 · September 10, 2010, 3:19 pm

Just an observation, but on the whole "manufacturing" topic, Wheatley said that he almost got a job in manufacturing, also, what did he mean by "tending to" the humans? Are they test subjects or workers?

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#5 · September 11, 2010, 2:38 pm

yohoat9 wrote:

Just an observation, but on the whole "manufacturing" topic, Wheatley said that he almost got a job in manufacturing, also, what did he mean by "tending to" the humans? Are they test subjects or workers?

Foreman, perhaps? Or Forerobot?

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#6 · September 11, 2010, 4:23 pm

Multiplayer: complete the campaign; make it to manufacturing, accidentally turn all of your robotic clones into slaves for Glados to take over the world. Downer ending, unless you complete single player.

Single player: you and Wheatley meet up several times, each time uncovering more and more of the plot. Eventually, you defeat her again using faith plates, gels, and discouragement beams.

Yes, I'm serious. This is what I think could happen, given that Red and Blu both seem to have an infinite amount of clones, plus Glados has a grudge against anything she can't control.

(Yes, i called the bots Red and Blu. Coincidence, aye?)

#7 · September 12, 2010, 1:34 pm

In portal 2, when mapping a co-op map, could you make it so only one player has a portal gun? Because I've thought of a few ideas for that...

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#8 · September 12, 2010, 3:46 pm

yohoat9 wrote:

In portal 2, when mapping a co-op map, could you make it so only one player has a portal gun? Because I've thought of a few ideas for that...

If the system is anything like the way all other Source games work then yes.

#9 · September 17, 2010, 5:42 pm

Well, seeing as the real purpose as stated by Valve is to make the robots more human (by gathering objects such as "Worlds Best Dad!" mugs and the like, here's my 2 cents.

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I hope there will be vistas of the futuristic destroyed world, while GLaDOS is hiding the Borealis "chip" that is mentioned in Ep2; this would also play inot the fact that Valve have stated that they want Ep3 to be "more scary to the player", as you will know that you failed to obtain/destroy the chip in Ep3 (much like Halo: Reach). And for some reason, I think time travel will happen. Not sure why, I just think it will.

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#10 · September 17, 2010, 6:04 pm

Jomonay wrote:

Well, seeing as the real purpose as stated by Valve is to make the robots more human (by gathering objects such as "Worlds Best Dad!" mugs and the like, here's my 2 cents.

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I hope there will be vistas of the futuristic destroyed world, while GLaDOS is hiding the Borealis "chip" that is mentioned in Ep2; this would also play inot the fact that Valve have stated that they want Ep3 to be "more scary to the player", as you will know that you failed to obtain/destroy the chip in Ep3 (much like Halo: Reach). And for some reason, I think time travel will happen. Not sure why, I just think it will.

I for one am opposed to ep3 references. Portal is it's own series now, it doesn't need to lean on half life. While I am also anxious for news of ep3, I don't think portal is the way to deliver it.

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