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User talk:Alex2539

2011-11-13T03:17:16Z

Alex2539: /* I'm new to this */

== Sna<span style="color:cyan">|</span> ==
<span style="color:orange">|</span>zzy. - [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|<sup><span style="background:#C0DFFF;padding:0 2px;">talk</span></sup>]] 11:27, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

== I'm new to this ==

I want to code, I take your advice and I know the basics but when ever I do a task I Feel like I always mess up![[User:12lightningtheif|12]] [[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg]] [[User:12lightningtheif|thief]] 21:23, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

P.S. Do you know a place where I can learn More advanced wiki code? That would be helpful.
: We have a [[Help:Contents|Help section]] that should answer most questions you have about editing the wiki. The [[mw:Help:contents|MediaWiki help page]] is also very informative. In fact, we link directly to it in some parts of our own help. Editing templates is a little bit more complicated. The MediaWiki help has a section dedicated to templates to get the hang of the basic syntax. Additionally, checking the source of other pages and templates will give you a good idea of how things are done. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 03:16, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Alex2539

2011-11-13T03:16:51Z

Alex2539: /* I'm new to this */

== Sna<span style="color:cyan">|</span> ==
<span style="color:orange">|</span>zzy. - [[User:RJackson|RJ]][[File:User RJackson Pixelturret.png|link=User:RJackson|top]] [[User talk:RJackson|<sup><span style="background:#C0DFFF;padding:0 2px;">talk</span></sup>]] 11:27, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

== I'm new to this ==

I want to code, I take your advice and I know the basics but when ever I do a task I Feel like I always mess up![[User:12lightningtheif|12]] [[File:Achievement A Feeling Like Floating.jpg]] [[User:12lightningtheif|thief]] 21:23, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

P.S. Do you know a place where I can learn More advanced wiki code? That would be helpful.
: We have a {{Help:Contents|Help section}} that should answer most questions you have about editing the wiki. The [[mw:Help:contents|MediaWiki help page]] is also very informative. In fact, we link directly to it in some parts of our own help. Editing templates is a little bit more complicated. The MediaWiki help has a section dedicated to templates to get the hang of the basic syntax. Additionally, checking the source of other pages and templates will give you a good idea of how things are done. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 03:16, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Atlas

2011-08-31T19:46:54Z

Alex2539:

==Official Personality Test Info==

The [http://www.thinkwithportals.com/coop_survey.php official Aperture Science Collaborative Disposition Test] describes Atlas as:

“Brave and up for anything-you like adventure and nothing scares you. You value friendship highly. Your ideal cooperative partner would be inquisitive and sensitive."

I'm not sure what section this information best goes under, so I'll just leave it here for now. - [[User:MewtwoWarrior|MewtwoWarrior]] 02:12, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
::This information is now found at the [[Collaborative Disposition Test#Atlas|Collaborative Disposition Test]] page. - [[User:MewtwoWarrior|MewtwoWarrior]] 22:54, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

== Trivia add on ==

Yo, just added a little trivia. -[[User:ManlyChell|ManlyChell]] 19:38, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
:And I've removed it. The colour-coding of the robots is pretty obvious and doesn't need stating. It's practically a game mechanic. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 19:46, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Atlas

2011-08-31T19:46:00Z

Alex2539: Undo revision 35301 by ManlyChell (talk) Obvious

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[[Image:Atlas.png|right|300px|Atlas]]

{{Quotation|'''GLaDOS'''|Blue, you go first.|sound=GLaDOS_coop_teamwork_exercise_alt05.wav}}
'''Atlas''' (referred to as '''Blue''' by [[GLaDOS]]), is [[P-body]]'s short and stout companion, and is one of two playable android Test Subjects built by GLaDOS for her [[Co-op|Cooperative Testing Initiative]], which was devised to phase out human testing.

Gameplay-wise, Atlas is played by the host of the Co-op session; the player that sends an invitation.

== Biography ==
Atlas is a blue eyed [[Cores|Core]] with a basic design as a typical rounded Core, and is portrayed to have somewhat more masculinity in its programming than in P-body. {{spoiler|GLaDOS had created the Cooperative Testing Initiative after her awakening in ''Portal 2'', as a means of replacing [[Chell]] as her only Test Subject.}} Along with [[P-body]], the two bots are pitted against a series of tests built by GLaDOS herself, utilizing the many different [[mechanics]] previously encountered by Chell from the game's single-player campaign.

{{spoiler|It was later revealed by GLaDOS that Atlas and P-body's Cores are programmed specifically to do nothing more but tests.}}

{{spoiler text|During the final phases of testing, GLaDOS reveals that, while the Cooperative Testing Initiative has its uses, she needs human testing for science, not robots. GLaDOS reveals that there are humans locked away, deep within the ancient Aperture facilities. There the bots will be tasked with navigating the old test chambers and unlock the massive vault containing the humans, seemingly kept in place by some form of cryogenic storage. By doing this, they 'save science.' However, almost immediately after the robots unlock the room containing the test subjects, they are destroyed.}}
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== Development and Acting ==
Both Atlas and P-body are voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048389/ Dee Bradley Baker].

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|lines=3
|height=150
|width=175
|File:Atlas first person.png|alt1=Atlas first-person view.|Atlas' first-person view.
|File:Atlas_lmb_portal.png|alt2=Atlas' Primary-fire portal|Atlas' Primary-fire portal.
|File:Atlas_rmb_portal.png|alt3=Atlas' Secondary-fire portal|Atlas' Secondary-fire portal.
|File:Atlas_both_portal.png|alt4=Both of Atlas' portals|Both of Atlas' portals.
|File:Bots_Screenshot.png|alt5=Atlas in Roll Cage|Atlas prototype, with a [[Roll Cage]].
|File:Atlas_from_Personality_Test.jpg|alt6=Atlas image from the official Aperture Science Collaborative Disposition Test.|Atlas image from the [http://www.thinkwithportals.com/coop_survey.php official Aperture Science Collaborative Disposition Test].
|File:Atlas_Icon.jpg|alt7=Atlas icon from the official Steam Portal 2 group.|Atlas icon from the [http://steamcommunity.com/games/portal2/Avatar/List official Steam Portal 2 group].
|File:Atlas Eye Icon.jpg|alt8=Atlas eye icon from the official Steam Portal 2 group.|Atlas eye icon from the [http://steamcommunity.com/games/portal2/Avatar/List official Steam Portal 2 group].
}}

== Trivia ==
* In the pre-release [[videos|video]] "[[Bot Trust]]", the prototype Atlas in the "Unilateral Force-Induced Isokinetic Breakfast Trials" wields the same frying pan found in ''[[wikipedia:Left 4 Dead 2|Left 4 Dead 2]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Team Fortress 2|Team Fortress 2]]'', and some other ''[[wikipedia:Valve Corporation|Valve]]'' games.
* In [[Portal 2]] and it's [[Videos|promotional videos]], Atlas' name can be seen written both as "Atlas" and "ATLAS", showing inconsistencies from Valve as far as the bot's name is concerned.

== See also ==
* [[Co-op]]
* [[P-body]]
* [[Collaborative Disposition Test#Atlas|Collaborative Disposition Test]]

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Goo Gear Snorkel

2011-08-31T07:07:05Z

Alex2539: Undo revision 35251 by Zedo Mann (talk) Not interesting

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{{Item infobox
| slot = Misc
| used-by = [[Atlas]], [[P-body]]
| level = Level 1 Miscellaneous Item
}}

The '''Goo Gear Snorkel''' appear to be blue and orange diving masks with snorkels for [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]] respectively. [[Atlas]]'s is more of a square then [[P-body]]'s, while [[P-body]]'s is an oval. They could be earned by participating in the Steam Summer Camp sale between June 30th and July 10th, 2011 and cost 3 tickets at the [http://store.steampowered.com/summersale/prizebooth/ Prize Booth].

On the Prize Booth the item was described as "Explore the delicate, breathtaking ecosystem beneath the goo for several tenths of a second before the corrosive, toxic ecosystem beneath the goo destroys you in Portal 2."

== Update history ==
'''[[July 1, 2011 Patch]]'''
* ''Goo Gear Snorkels'' were added to the game.

==Gallery==
{{Gallery
|lines=4
|height=100
|width=170
|title=
|File:Goo Gear Snorkels.png|The Goo Gear Snorkels as seen in the Summer Camp Sale prize booth page.
|File:Goo Gear Snorkels redeemed.png|The Goo Gear Snorkels as seen in the Summer Camp Sale prize booth page once redeemed.
|File:GooGearSnorkles.png|The Goo Gear Snorkels in high-resolution on the Co-op bot customization page.
}}

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Portal: Prelude/ru

2011-08-16T05:21:32Z

Alex2539: Reverted edits by Jeansonsale (talk) to last revision by Edge97

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Portal: Prelude}}
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{{Game infobox
| game-name-override = Portal: Prelude
| boxart-image = Mod Portal Prelude Splash.png
| developer =
* Nicolas "NykO18" Grevet
* Jérémy "Capitaine Mousse" Barbe
* Marc "Moroes" Bidoul
| engine = [[Source Engine]]
| released =
Microsoft Windows
*International: October 9, 2009
| modes = Singleplayer
| genre = First-person puzzle/platformer
| ratings = N/A
| requirements =
* Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3000 MHz
* Display Card: DirectX 9 compatible graphics card
* Memory: 1024 MB
* Free Disk Space: 1.5 GB
* Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista
}}

'''''Portal: Prelude''''' это неофициальный приквел к игре [[Portal]], разработанный независимой командой из 3-х человек. Игра показывает совершенно новую основную сюжетную линию, сосредотачивающуюся на до-[[GLaDOS/ru|ГЛаДОС]]ной эры [[Aperture Science/ru]] где испытуемые проверены служащими средства. Игра охватывает 8 глав, 19 [[Test Chamber|тестовых камер]] which follow a gradual learning curve similar to that of Portal. Кроме того, 48 [[Test Chamber#Challenge Chambers|challenge maps]] and 8 [[Test Chamber#Advanced Chambers|advanced]] test chambers are included with the mod.

Many gameplay elements from Portal make a return in ''Prelude'', while entirely new gameplay devices were created exclusively for the mod, such as localised graviational fields. Portal: Prelude also features over 400 lines of voice acting, with English, French and German subtitles.

== Награды ==
* Portal: Prelude получила третье место в ModDB's Mod 2008 года.<ref>http://www.moddb.com/events/2008-mod-of-the-year-awards/features/players-choice-best-released-mod</ref>

== См.также ==
* [http://www.portalprelude.com/ ''Portal: Prelude'' homepage]
* {{vdc|Portal: Prelude}}

== Ссылки ==
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2011-08-16T05:21:23Z

Alex2539: Reverted edits by Jeansonsale (talk) to last revision by Minip

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Goo Gear Snorkel

2011-07-01T00:22:44Z

Alex2539:

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{{Item infobox
| slot = Unknown
| used-by = [[Atlas]], [[P-body]]
| level = Unknown
}}

These items appear to be blue and orange diving masks with snorkels for [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]] respectively. They can be earned by participating in the Steam Summer Camp sale between June 30th and July 10th, 2011 and cost 3 tickets at the [http://store.steampowered.com/summersale/prizebooth/ Prize Booth].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Goo Gear Snorkels.png|The Goo Gear Snorkels as seen in the Summer Camp Sale prize booth page.
</gallery>

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Unused content

2011-06-22T17:27:50Z

Alex2539: /* Characters */

[[File:Mel.jpg|90px|Hi. I'm Mel.|right]]
Much like any video game, the ''Portal'' series contains a large amount of '''unused content''' that was cut from development due to a series of reasons. Below is a list of items and other unique mechanics that were unfortunate enough to be put on the chopping block.

== Portal 2 ==
{{See also|Portal 2}}

=== Characters ===
* [[Mel{{if lang}}|{{Character|Mel}}]]
* [[Greg]]

=== Mechanics ===
{{expandlist}}
{| class="wikitable grid" width="100%"
! class="header" width="15%" | Name
! class="header" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Pneumatic Diversity Vent]]'''
| This type of mechanic was first introduced in a demo of the same name, displaying its abilities to pull objects at a high force. This mechanic was cut from the game during the later stages for unknown reasons.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | '''[[Sticky Gel]]'''
| This mechanic was mentioned to allow players to stick to to wherever the gel was placed. It was cut from the game when play-testers complained of motion sickness.
|-
|}

=== Gallery ===
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|lines=1
|title=Unused content
|height=150
|width=150
|File:Futbul.png|alt1=Unused content|Glass Futbol
|File:Futbul2.png|alt2=Glass Futbol|Glass Futbol
}}

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Mel

2011-06-22T17:25:33Z

Alex2539: Evident from Unused content article

{{rewrite|Original content}}

[[File:Mel.jpg|thumb|90px|right|Model and texture of Mel found in ''Portal 2'' game files.]]

Early in [[Portal 2]]'s development, [[Chell]] & '''Mel''' took the place of the [[Co-op|Co-op bots]]. She appeared as a blond version of Chell, wearing a blue jumpsuit. Mel was removed from the game because play-tester's were reluctant to experiment within Co-op puzzles as they felt it wasn't okay to die - a problem which the [[Atlas]] & [[P-body]], disassembly screens and {{Spoiler|GLaDOS destroying the bots at the end of each chapter}} tackled.{{cite}}

== Overview ==
* Mel was completely scrapped from the game when the co-op characters were turned into [[Atlas]] and [[P-body]], two infinitely respawnable robots, whereas Chell is kept for the single-player campaign only. Replacing the two human test subjects with robots was decided when it was noted that play testers tended to die a lot, thus creating an in-universe reason for the constant respawning.<ref name="Joystiq-Preview-Portal-2-Co-op">[http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/21/preview-portal-2-co-op/ Preview: Portal 2 (co-op)] on Joystiq</ref>

* Several [[GLaDOS]] lines written when the two test subjects were still to be human (notably GLaDOS taunting the two women about their weight) have been kept for the robots, adding to the comedy of the game.<ref name="Joystiq-Preview-Portal-2-Co-op" />

* Her placeholder model was the Chell player model from the first game, with a light blue jumpsuit, blonde hair, blue eyes, and a much more fair skin tone. Her texture files for this placeholder can be seen in the game files of ''Portal 2''.

== References ==
<references />

{{combine overwiki text|Mel}}

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Greg

2011-06-22T17:25:04Z

Alex2539: Evident from Unused content article

{{rewrite|Original content}}

Originally written to appear during [[Portal 2]], '''Greg''' was a scientist and a friend to [[Cave Johnson]]. Though what role Greg may have played is unclear, he was replaced by [[Caroline]] before the release of the game.<ref name="Commentary">Portal 2's developer commentary</ref> Therefore, Greg may have been an assistant to Cave.

== Overview ==
Greg may have been cut to eliminate the cost of hiring a new voice actor, instead using [[Ellen McLain]] to voice Caroline.

== References ==
<references />

{{combine overwiki text|Greg}}

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Portal Wiki:Discussion

2011-06-21T20:06:41Z

Alex2539:

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== Bot account ==
''<nowiki>[Sorry for my English]</nowiki>''
Hello everyone! I want to write bot with ''Pywikipediabot'' to edit russian articles. Should I have special rights to do this? --[[User:Daniil|Daniil]] 10:33, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
== Greetings ==

We must continue testing.<br /> — [[User:Minip|<span style = "font-weight: bold;">minip</span>]] 01:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
:For the people who are still alive? [[User:Darkstar516|Darkstar516]] 23:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
::I thought all of us are alive... until we bring GLaDOS some neurotoxin <b>[[User:DrAkcel|<font FACE="Arial" color="#41627E">DrAkcel</font>]]</b> <sup>([[User_talk:DrAkcel|<font FACE="Arial" color="#25587E">T</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/DrAkcel|<font FACE="Arial" color="#25587E">C</font>]])</sup> 03:59, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

== Canon Portal storyline ==
Trying to start off some articles for the characters I realized that the Portal timeline and storyline has been changed by Valve quite a few time. For instance last year they gave gameinformer [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/24/aperture-science_3a00_-a-history.aspx this timeline] which states Cave Johnson contracted mercury poisoning, while in-game he states he became ill after grinding up poisonous moon rocks. Also from what I recall his motivations for building GLaDOS were different during the Portal 2 announcement ARG. This is probably a result of Valve constantly changing the Portal 2 storyline as the game developed. In short I'm finding it difficult to build a storyline without it contradicting itself everywhere. I propose we take everything in Portal 2 as hard fact (obviously) and take everything else from reliable sources (the ARG, gameinformer article(?)) as long as it doesn't contradict with statements made in Portal 2. '''<span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;">—[[User:Moussekateer|M]][[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|19px|link=User:Moussekateer]][[User:Moussekateer|ussekateer]]·[[User talk:Moussekateer|<span style="color:black;font-size:85%;">talk</span>]]</span>''' 15:57, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

:There's no official story about the Cave Johnson bit, but there seems to be a consensus around the community that the story in gameinformer was a "cover story" for the public. Of course, that's all speculation. My recommendation is that if something in the game contradicts other information, then the game should take precedence as the official canonical version. I have the feeling that most of what was in the ARG is going to get cut. Even some things as recent as the second ARG, like Cave Johnson's portrait (Google image search Cave Johnson, you'll see what I mean) is different in-game. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 21:09, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
: One thing to consider is that CJ might have thought Mercury was "moon rocks" because it was called Mercury. He wasn't exactly scientifically inclined so it's a possibility, even if it is a stretch. It makes sense to me that Mercury could be a good portal conductor too. -- [[User:Lagg|Lagg]] [[Image:User Lagg OPTF2 icon.png|link=User talk:Lagg]] 21:15, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
:: Well mercury is liquid at room temperature, so it's hard to imagine it being confused with a rock of any sort. That's not really the point though. What matters is that there is a contradiction. Since the game says "moon rocks" we should too. It might be worth mentioning that previous material mentioned mercury poisoning but we can't possibly give a reason for the change without falling into supposition. Unless an official explanation is given, the games should take precedence as "fact", everything else is a note of interest. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 01:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

== Quotes ==
I was thinking we should add quotes to the Skin pages, Hat pages, Flag pages, etc. Most other articles have their own quotes, so why not these? --[[User:Nihilus0|<span style="color:#F4722B ;font-size:13px;font-family:'TF2 Build';text-shadow:#e3e3e3 1px 1px 0px;">Nihilus0</span>]][[File:User_Nihilus0_Portal_turret_sprite.png|40px|link=User_talk:Nihilus0]]<small>([[Special:Contributions/Nihilus0|contribs]])</small> 23:50, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
:Sure thing; the only reason they don't have quotes is we haven't found funny ones for them. If you find one, by all means put it — [[User:WindPower|Wind]] 23:57, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

== Mod articles? ==
So I stumbled on the page for [[Portal: Project-Beta]] and I think this deserves addressing while the Wiki is still young. What is our policy on mods? Obviously we can't have an article for every mod under the sun, but some, like [[Portal: Prelude]] are obviously deserving. For those that are less obvious, what criteria should be met before an article is considered for them? My first instinct is to prefer those that are notable and available for download. There should also probably be a minimum level of quality. I should mention that I don't mean to say that Project-Beta is undeserving of an article, I don't know the mod well enough to judge. Instead, if it is deserving i would like to know ''why'' and what other mods should be included. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 20:06, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Aarongon

2011-06-15T20:59:00Z

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{{sp}} {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 20:59, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Backpack

2011-06-15T20:58:24Z

Alex2539:

==Sound File for Quote==

Hi guys, is the sound file for the quote broken? I think it may be, if so can someone help me fix it? [[User:SilverForce|SilverForce]] 05:25, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
:It works perfectly fine? [[User:RJackson|RJackson]] 05:33, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
::Okay it was just me then, it wasn't working for me. [[User:SilverForce|SilverForce]] 05:42, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

==The Backpack==
Does the backpack even exist? I play this game all the time and I've never seen the store. <small>— ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by'' '''[[User:Aarongon|Aarongon]]''' ([[User talk:Aarongon|talk]]) • ([[Special:Contributions/Aarongon|contribs]]) </small>
:Of course it does. Just click "Robot Enrichment" at the bottom of the main menu. Also, please sign your comments with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 20:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Cake/fr

2011-06-13T20:10:22Z

Alex2539: I feel this is a rather bold edit

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Gâteau}}
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{{Quotation|'''GLaDOS'''|Il y avait vraiment du gâteau...|sound=GLaDOS_escape_01_death_nag01-1_fr.wav}}

La promesse du '''Gâteau''' est introduite par [[GLaDOS/fr|GLaDOS]] comme incitatif pour que [[Chell/fr|Chell]] termine les [[test chambers/fr|Salles de Test]] dans le [[Portal/fr|Portal]] original. Dans plusieurs des [[Doug Rattmann/fr|Repaires de Rattmann]] il est dit qu'il s'agit d'un ''mensonge'', créant la célèbre {{W|Mème (internet)|mème|lang=fr}} "Les Gâteau est un Mensonge". {{Spoiler|Le Gâteau est vu à la fin de Portal, dans une pièce où se ''réveillent'' plusieurs [[Personality core/fr|Processeurs de Personnalité]].}}

Gels

2011-05-25T18:05:24Z

Alex2539: /* Gallery */ Looks a little neater

[[File:Bounce.png|right|135px|Don't get covered by the gel.]]
{{Quotation|'''Cave Johnson'''|We haven't entirely nailed down what element it is yet, but I'll tell you this: It's a lively one, and it does NOT like the human skeleton.|sound=Cave_Johnson_fifties_second_test_complete02.wav}}
'''Gels''' are a gameplay [[Mechanics|mechanic]] introduced in ''[[Portal 2]]''. They are paint-like liquids that impart different effects when applied to [[surfaces]] and objects.

== Gels ==
=== Repulsion Gel ===
{{main|Repulsion Gel}}
Repulsion Gel is a light blue substance that repels objects. A player or an object that hits a surface coated with the Gel bounces off. Due to the effect, the height from which a player falls before landing on a Gel-covered surface affects the height of a jump. Players can also use the Gel to move back and forth between two parallel surface rather than merely be propelled up and down. Objects such as [[Storage Cube]]s and [[Turrets]] can be covered in Repulsion Gel which causes them to bounce around erratically.

=== Propulsion Gel ===
{{main|Propulsion Gel}}
Propulsion Gel is an orange substance that greatly increases object velocity and reduces the friction of objects moving on the surface(s) it is applied to. Objects covered in Propulsion Gel similarly have their friction reduced, causing them to slide around.

=== Conversion Gel ===
{{main|Conversion Gel}}
Conversion Gel is a portal-conducting white substance made from {{spoiler text|ground moon rocks}}. It enables the player to place portals on [[surfaces]] that are not normally ''portal-conductive''.

=== Water ===
While not technically a gel, water washes off other gels from surfaces and objects. It has no special properties in regards to gameplay, and does not stick to surfaces.

== Related achievements ==

{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Portal 2|Vertically Unchallenged}}
{{Show achievement|Portal 2|White Out}}
| 2 = {{Show achievement|Portal 2|Stranger Than Friction}}
{{Show achievement|Portal 2|Schrodinger's Catch}}
}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery perrow=4>
File:Repulsion Gel.png|Repulsion Gel
File:Propulsion Gel.png|Propulsion Gel
File:Conversion Gel.png|Conversion Gel
File:Water.png|Water
File:Repulsion Gel Cube.png|A Weighted Storage Cube covered in Repulsion Gel
File:Propulsion Gel Cube.png|A Weighted Storage Cube covered in Propulsion Gel
File:Propulsion Gel Turret.png|A turret covered in Propulsion Gel
File:Repulsion Gel Turret.png|A turret covered in Repulsion Gel
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
*A fourth gel, "Sticky Gel", was tested within ''Portal 2'', however it was removed early on during the development due to making play-testers motion-sick.<ref>Chapter 8, page 4 of ''[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]]''.</ref>
*Repulsion Gel was [[Aperture Science]]'s first attempt at creating a dietetic pudding substitute.
*Similar to the way in which the student game {{w|Narbacular Drop}} became ''Portal'', the paint mechanic was borrowed from a student game called ''Tag: The Power of Paint''.

== See also ==
* [[Mechanics]]

==References==
<references/>

{{MechanicsNav}}
[[Category:Mechanics]]

Bot Trust (video)

2011-05-19T00:02:41Z

Alex2539: Spelling...

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|[''Aperture Science theme'']
[''Start an animation guide'']

'''Cave Johnson''': "Cave Johnson here."

'''Cave Johnson''': Fact: The key to any successful cooperative test is trust. And as our data clearly shows, humans cannot be trusted. The solution: robots!

'''Cave Johnson''': Then fire the guys who made those robots and build better robots.

'''Cave Johnson''': Then run those robots through a regimen of trust exercises, creating a foundation of mutual respect reinforced by the simulated bonds of artificial friendship. Inspiring stuff.

'''Cave Johnson''': And finally, we put that trust to the test. Bam! Robots gave us six extra seconds of cooperation. Good job, robots.

'''Cave Johnson''': Cave Johnson. We're done here."
|}

==Notes==
* The yellow armor of the robots (at 0:19), it's a skin for who pre-purchase the game in GameStop for PlayStation 3®

Template:Did you know

2011-05-14T08:20:07Z

Alex2539: Undo revision 18456 by Comrade Suhov (talk) The system failed, there may have been more nines, or the number was just incorrect.

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* ...that Valve's webcomic [http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic/ Lab Rat] explains Chell's survival?

* ...that ''[[Portal]]'s'' main character was originally going to be a man?

* ...that Portal 2's co-op mode was originally supposed to feature Chell and a second woman called Mel?

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* ...that defective [[Defective_Turret|defective turrets]] may still be dangerous?[http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/Announcer_voice_lines]

* ...that [[Doug Rattmann|Rat man]] hinted to be alive during Portal 2 outro?

* ...that Portal 2 concept missed [[Chell]], [[GLaDOS]] and [[Portal|portals]] themselves?

* ...that [[Portal 2]] take place '''several hundreds years''' after events of [[Portal]] from the words of Valve employee?

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User:Alex2539

2011-05-14T04:17:31Z

Alex2539: Finally, a snazzy user page!

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2011-05-14T04:16:39Z

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Portal

2011-05-13T18:17:56Z

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{{hatnote|This article provides information about the video game, Portal. For information about the game mechanic, see [[Portals]].}}
{{Game infobox
| game-name-override = Portal
| boxart-image = PortalBoxart.jpg|300px
| developer = [[Valve]]
| publisher =
*Valve Corporation
*Microsoft Game Studios (XBLA)
| distributor =
*Electronic Arts <small>(retail)</small>
*Steam <small>(online)</small>
| engine = [[Source_Engine|Source Engine]]
| released =
*Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 <small>(The Orange Box retail)</small>
**North America: October 10, 2007
**Europe: October 18, 2007
**Australia: October 18, 2007
*Microsoft Windows:
**<sup>Steam</sup> October 9, 2007
*PlayStation 3:
**NA December 11, 2007
**EU December 14, 2007
**AUS December 20, 2007
*Microsoft Windows:
**<small>(retail stand-alone):</small> NA April 9, 2008
**<sup>Rest of World</sup> April 11, 2008
*Xbox Live Arcade:
**October 22, 2008
*Mac OS X:
**May 12, 2010
| modes = Singleplayer
| genre = First-person puzzle/platformer
| ratings = *ESRB: T
*OFLC: M
*PEGI: 12
*USK: 12
| requirements =
*Windows
**Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
**CPU: 1.7 GHz (3.0 GHz recommended)
**Memory: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
**Graphics hardware: DirectX 8 video card (Direct X 9 video card recommended)
**Network: Internet Connection
*Mac
**Operating system: Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3
**Memory: 1 GB
**Graphics hardware: NVIDIA GeForce 8 / ATI X1600 or higher
**Network: Internet Connection
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'''''Portal''''' is the original game of the ''Portal'' series. It is a single-player puzzle-based video game developed by [[Valve]] and released as part of [[The Orange Box]] on October 9, 2007 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360; the PlayStation 3 version released at the later date of December 11, 2007. ''Portal'' was also re-released as part of the launch of Mac OS X support for Steam on May 12, 2010; to celebrate it was given away for free until May 24, 2010 to Steam users on a promotional page on the Steam website.

== Synopsis ==
{{main|Story}}
{{spoiler text|Portal's plot is revealed to the player via audio messages from [[GLaDOS]] and side rooms found in the later levels. According to The Final Hours of [[Portal 2]], the year is established to be "somewhere in 2010" — twelve years after its abandonment. The game begins with protagonist [[Chell]] waking up from a stasis bed and hearing instructions and warnings from GLaDOS about the upcoming test experience. This part of the game involves distinct test chambers that, in sequence, introduce players to the game's mechanics. GLaDOS's announcements serve not only to instruct Chell and help her progress through the game, but also to create atmosphere and develop the AI as a character. Chell is promised cake and grief counseling as her reward if she manages to complete all the test chambers.}}

{{spoiler text|Chell proceeds through the empty Enrichment Center, interacting only with GLaDOS. Over the course of the game, GLaDOS's motives are hinted to be more sinister than her helpful demeanor suggests. Although she is designed to appear helpful and encouraging, GLaDOS's actions and speech suggest insincerity and callous disregard for the safety and well-being of the test subjects. The test chambers become increasingly dangerous as Chell proceeds, and GLaDOS even directs Chell through a live-fire course designed for military androids as a result of "mandatory scheduled maintenance" in the regular test chamber. In another chamber, GLaDOS boasts about the fidelity and importance of the Weighted Companion Cube, a waist-high crate with a single large pink heart on each face, for helping Chell to complete the chamber. However, GLaDOS then declares that it "unfortunately must be euthanized" in an "emergency intelligence incinerator" before Chell can continue. Some of the later chambers include automated turrets with child-like voices that fire at Chell, only to sympathize with her after being disabled ("I don't blame you" and "No hard feelings"). }}

{{spoiler text|After Chell completes the final test chamber, GLaDOS congratulates her and prepares her "victory candescence", maneuvering Chell into a pit of fire. As GLaDOS assures her that "all Aperture technologies remain safely operational up to 4,000 degrees [sic] kelvin", Chell escapes with the use of the portal gun and makes her way through the maintenance areas within the Enrichment Center. Throughout this section, GLaDOS still sends messages to Chell and it becomes clear that she has become corrupt and may have killed everyone else in the center. Chell makes her way through the maintenance areas and empty office spaces behind the chambers, sometimes following graffiti messages which point in the right direction. These backstage areas, which are in an extremely dilapidated state, stand in stark contrast to the pristine test chambers. The graffiti includes statements such as "the cake is a lie" and pastiches of Emily Dickinson's poem "The Chariot," Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Reaper and the Flowers," and Emily Brontë's "No Coward Soul Is Mine," mourning the death of the Companion Cube.
GLaDOS attempts to dissuade Chell with threats of physical harm and misleading statements claiming that she is going the wrong way as Chell makes her way deeper into the maintenance areas. Eventually, Chell reaches a large chamber where GLaDOS's hardware hangs overhead. GLaDOS continues to plead with Chell, but during the exchange one of GLaDOS' personality core spheres falls off; Chell drops it in an incinerator. GLaDOS reveals that Chell has just destroyed the morality core, which the Aperture Science employees allegedly installed after GLaDOS flooded the enrichment center with a deadly neurotoxin, and goes on to state that now there is nothing to prevent her from doing so once again. A six-minute countdown starts as Chell dislodges and incinerates more pieces of GLaDOS, while GLaDOS attempts to discourage her both verbally with a series of taunts and increasingly juvenile insults and physically by firing rockets at Chell. After she has destroyed the final piece, a portal malfunction tears the room apart and transports everything to the surface. Chell is then seen lying outside the facility's gates amid the remains of GLaDOS. One of the final scenes is changed through a patch of the PC version that was made available a few days before Portal 2's announcement; in this retroactive continuity, Chell is dragged away from the scene by an unseen entity speaking in a robotic voice, thanking her for assuming the party escort submission position (a reference to GLaDOS's request that she assume this position after escaping).
The final scene, after a long and speedy zoom through the bowels of the facility, shows a mix of shelves surrounding a Black Forest cake and the Weighted Companion Cube. The shelves contain dozens of other personality cores, some of which begin to light up before a robotic arm descends and extinguishes the candle on the cake. As the credits roll, GLaDOS delivers a concluding report: the song "Still Alive", considering the experiment to be a huge success.}}

== Development ==
Portal is Valve's professionally-developed spiritual successor to the freeware Narbacular Drop, the 2005 independent game released by students of the DigiPen; the original Drop team were employed at Valve. Certain elements, like the orange/blue system of identifying the two different portal ends a player can have open at a time (one connecting to the other), have been retained. The key difference in the signature portal mechanic between the two games is that in Narbacular Drop the player can place a portal on a wall visible through another portal, whereas in Portal, the HPD cannot fire a portal shot through a portal; however, the HPD can fire a portal shot while the player is standing in a portal.

== Update history ==
{{main|Patches}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{main|Portal Soundtrack}}

== See also ==
* ''[[Portal: Still Alive]]'' {{n}} an exclusive Xbox Live Arcade version of the game containing the original content as Portal, as well as 14 new [[test chambers]] based upon [http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/ Portal: The Flash Verison], and new achievements.
* ''[[Portal 2]]'' {{n}} the sequel to the original game, released in April 2011.
* [[List of default keys]]

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Gels

2011-05-13T18:12:26Z

Alex2539:

{{Quotation|'''Cave Johnson'''|We haven't entirely nailed down what element it is yet, but I'll tell you this: it's a lively one, and it does NOT like the human skeleton.|sound=Cave_Johnson_fifties_second_test_complete02.wav}}
[[File:Bounce.png|right|135px|Don't get covered by the gel.]]
'''Gels''' are a gameplay [[Mechanics|mechanic]] introduced in ''[[Portal 2]]''. They are paint-like liquids that impart different effects when applied to [[surfaces]] and objects.

== Gels ==
=== Repulsion Gel ===
{{main|Repulsion Gel}}
Repulsion Gel is a light blue substance that repels objects. A player or an object that hits a surface coated with the Gel bounces off. Due to the effect, the height from which a player falls before landing on a Gel-covered surface affects the height of a jump. Players can also use the Gel to move back and forth between two parallel surface rather than merely be propelled up and down. Objects such as [[Storage Cube]]s and [[Turrets]] can be covered in Repulsion Gel which causes them to bounce around erratically.

=== Propulsion Gel ===
{{main|Propulsion Gel}}
Propulsion Gel is an orange substance that greatly increases object velocity and reduces the friction of objects moving on the surface(s) it is applied to. Objects covered in Propulsion Gel similarly have their friction reduced, causing them to slide around.

=== Conversion Gel ===
{{main|Conversion Gel}}
Conversion Gel is a portal-conducting white substance made from {{spoiler text|ground moon rocks}}. It enables the player to place portals on [[surfaces]] that are not normally ''portal-conductive''.

=== Water ===
While not technically a gel, water washes off other gels from surfaces and objects. It has no special properties in regards to gameplay, and does not stick to surfaces.

== Related achievements ==

{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Portal 2|Vertically Unchallenged}}
{{Show achievement|Portal 2|White Out}}
| 2 = {{Show achievement|Portal 2|Stranger Than Friction}}
{{Show achievement|Portal 2|Schrodinger's Catch}}
}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Repulsion Gel.png|Repulsion Gel
File:Propulsion Gel.png|Propulsion Gel
File:Conversion Gel.png|Conversion Gel
File:Water.png|Water
File:Repulsion Gel Cube.png|A Weighted Storage Cube covered in Repulsion Gel
File:Propulsion Gel Cube.png|A Weighted Storage Cube covered in Propulsion Gel
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== Trivia ==
*A fourth gel, "Sticky Gel", was tested within ''Portal 2'', however it was removed early on during the development due to making play-testers motion-sick.<ref>Chapter 8, page 4 of ''[[Portal 2: The Final Hours]]''.</ref>
*Repulsion Gel was Aperture Science's first attempt at creating a dietetic pudding substitute.
*Similar to the way in which the student game {{w|Narbacular Drop}} became ''Portal'', the paint mechanic was borrowed from a student game called ''Tag: The Power of Paint''.

== See also ==
* [[Mechanics]]

==References==
<references/>

{{MechanicsNav}}
[[Category:Mechanics]]

Story

2011-05-13T07:33:01Z

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{{SpoilerHeavy}}

The ''Portal'' series is story-driven, and as such the scenario takes an important place in the gaming experience.

In the games you play [[Chell]], a young women stuck in an [[Aperture Science]] complex forced by the Artificial Intelligence [[GLaDOS]] to solve tests in specialy designed [[Test Chamber|chambers]] using for solving them the [[Handheld Portal Device]].

== Portal ==
{{main|Portal}}

The game has two distinct acts, the test chambers and the escape.

=== {{anchor|Act 1}} Act 1: The Test Chambers ===
{{main|Test Chamber#Portal 1 Test Chambers|l1=Portal 1 Test Chambers}}
The game begins with the player awakening in a [[Relaxation Vault]] where they are briefed by the disembodied voice of [[GLaDOS]] before being released through a portal. The player is introduced to the testing process and mechanics, eventually culminating in the procurement of the [[Handheld Portal Gun]]. As Chell makes her way through test chambers it becomes clear {{Spoiler|the facility is devoid of human life and GLaDOS is testing Chell for her own warped definition of 'science'. Throughout the facility are hidden "dens", containing mad scribblings from an [[Doug Rattmann|unseen person]] warning others of GLaDOS.}} Motivating Chell with the promise of [[Cake]] at the end of the testing, Chell is put through tests of increasing complexity. {{Spoiler|When Chell is no longer of any use to GLaDOS, she attempts to kill her by lowering her into a fire. Thinking quick on her toes, Chell escapes a fiery fate using the the Handheld Portal Device, and she makes her way through the inner facility via maintenance shafts.}}

=== {{anchor|Act 2}} Act 2: The Escape ===
{{Spoiler|Making your way through the facility GLaDOS attempts to lure you back with promise of cake and a party, and claims the attempted murder of the player was a misunderstanding. When she realizes her attempts are in vain she resorts to taunting the player while continuing her efforts to kill Chell. Eventually Chell reaches GLaDOS' lair, where she finally comes face to face with the rogue AI. It is revealed GLaDOS murdered everyone in the facility with deadly [[neurotoxin]] before attempting to do with the same with Chell. Using the Handheld Portal Device, Chell defeats GLaDOS by removing her AI cores and depositing them in a nearby [[Emergency Intelligence Incinerator]], resulting in a large explosion that blows a hole in the roof dragging both Chell and GLaDOS upwards. Chell awakes to find herself above ground in the parking lot of the facility, with the burning remains of GLaDOS surrounding her. The [[March 3, 2010 Patch (Portal)|March 3, 2010 Patch]] modified the ending so that Chell is dragged back into the facility by the unseen [[Party Escort Bot]].}}

== Portal: Still Alive ==
{{main|Portal: Still Alive}}
''Portal: Still Alive'' is a Xbox 360 Live Arcade port of ''Portal'', containing additional content in the form of new advanced chambers, inspired by [[Portal: The Flash version]], with no additional story material.

== Portal 2: Lab Rat ==
=== Part 1 ===
=== Part 2 ===

== Portal 2 ==
{{main|Portal 2}}
''Portal 2'' was released simultaneously on PC & Mac, Xbox 360 and PS3.

=== Single player ===

==== {{anchor|Chapter 1|Chapter 2}} Chapter 1: The Courtesy Call / Chapter 2: The Cold Boot ====
{{Spoiler|Following the events of ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]'', Chell is awoken 50 days later in her relaxation chamber, which has the appearence of a motel room, for a 'mandatory physical and mental wellness exercise'. Returning to her long sleep, she is awoken an undetermined amount of time later by an unfamiliar voice at the door to find the room in a state of disrepair and the room intercom warning of an imminent core explosion. Upon opening the door she finds herself face to face with a [[Personality Core]] who introduces himself as [[Wheatley]], the jovial AI in charge of the test subjects storage facility. After bringing Chell up to date, Wheatley moves her relaxation chamber through the storage facility, crashing several times and almost destroying the room. After successfully navigating the room to the main facility, Wheatley instructs Chell to go retrieve the [[Handheld Portal Device]], as it will be needed for their escape from the facility. Upon successfully acquiring the device, Wheatley and Chell make their way to GLaDOS' chamber where Wheatley claims a lift to the surface is located. They find the chamber partially destroyed and overgrown wildlife everywhere, and in the middle of the chamber lies the lifeless body of GLaDOS. Navigating to the breaker room under the chamber Wheatley attempts to find the breaker for the lift, in the process inadvertently rebooting GLaDOS. Bitter at the cause of her death, she crushes Wheatley and tosses him away before dropping Chell into the [[Emergency Intelligence Incinerator]], into the incinerator room. GLaDOS instructs Chell to retrieve the dual-portal Handheld Portal Device, before guiding her back into the facility's test chambers. Fixing the broken down facility while Chell is once again put through testing, GLaDOS, bitter at her murder, informs Chell that her {{W|Flight recorder|black box}} forced her to relive her own murder for decades.}}

==== {{anchor|Chapter 3|Chapter 4}} Chapter 3: The Return / Chapter 4: The Surprise ====
{{Spoiler|While in a test chamber, when GLaDOS isn't watching, Wheatley reveals he survived their encounter with GLaDOS and asks Chell to play along with the testing until he figures out a way for them to escape. GLaDOS' taunts become more vindictive, at one point pretending to reunite the 'orphan' Chell with her family. It becomes clear that Chell does not have much time left, as GLaDOS insinuates her usefulness is coming to an end. While in a test chamber the power is cut out and Wheatley reveals himself from behind a wall panel, under the false impression GLaDOS cannot detect him. When she does he and Chell make a run for it through the inner facility with GLaDOS attempting to halt their progress.}}

==== {{anchor|Chapter 5}} Chapter 5: The Escape ====
{{Spoiler|Along the way they pass a 'potato power' exhibition, held on the ill-fated 'Bring your daughter to work day'. While making their way through the [[Turret]] production facility, Wheatley reveals he plans to sabotage the Turrets and neurotoxin supply so that when they face GLaDOS she will be unarmed. They successfully carry out their plan by replacing the master Turret template with a [[Defective Turrets|Defective Turret]] and use [[portals]] to redirect a [[Thermal Discouragement Beam]] to cut off the neurotoxin supply lines. Hopeful, they make their way to GLaDOS' chamber once again for a showdown. GLaDOS, once again, attempts to kill Chell but is unsuccessful due to Wheatley's and Chell's sabotage. It is at this point that the [[Announcer]] informs them that the central core, GLaDOS, is 80% corrupt and because Wheatley is present, a core transfer is initialized. This requires both cores approval, and when GLaDOS objects a stalemate is reached. The Announcer informs them that a stalemate associate is required to press a stalemate resolution button for the core transfer to occur. GLaDOS desperately attempts to block Chell from doing so, but is unsuccessful and the core transfer occurs. Wheatley is transferred into GLaDOS' body and she is removed from power. In jubilant mood, Wheatley sends Chell on her way to the surface before having a change of heart as he revels in his new found position of power. GLaDOS taunts him and in a fit of rage he takes her core apart and places her in a potato battery. It is at this point GLaDOS reveals that Wheatley was designed to be an 'idiot', in order to dampen GLaDOS' brainpower so that she wouldn't attempt to murder everyone in the facility. Angered by this revelation, Wheatley throws her in the lift with Chell and in a fit of rage smashes the lift downwards, where they fall deep into the depths of the facility.}}

==== {{anchor|Chapter 6}} Chapter 6: The Fall ====
{{Spoiler|Falling several miles down, Chell awakens to find herself in the very bowels of Aperture and the ruins of the old facility, before witnessing the potato GLaDOS being abducted by a bird. Chell makes her way through the ruins and enters through a closed off area to find the old Aperture Science facility. A voice recording plays welcoming the visitor to Aperture, who introduces himself as [[Cave Johnson]], founder and CEO of Aperture, and introduces his secretary, [[Caroline]]. As Chell makes her way through the old facility, via testing spheres, Cave Johnson guides the player through the tests while gradually revealing the history behind Aperture. It is revealed Cave Johnson founded the company in the 1950's as a curtains manufacturer, becoming a self-made billionaire, before expanding into a science research company. He built the facility in large salt mines beneath {{W|Michigan}} with the intention of competing with [[Black Mesa]]. Inbetween lawsuits against his company for various mishaps and his personal rivalry with Black Mesa, who he claims stole much of his company's research, Cave Johnson slowly runs the company into the ground. It is revealed that in a misguided move in the 1980's, he bought $70m worth of Moon rocks to grind up. The resulting [[gel]] was toxic and Cave Johnson falls gravely ill. Chell is reunited with the potato GLaDOS, found in a bird nest, who insists they need to stop the corrupted Wheatley before his actions cause the destruction of the facility.}}

==== {{anchor|Chapter 7}} Chapter 7: The Reunion ====
{{Spoiler|While travelling with Chell, GLaDOS comes across a portrait of Cave Johnson and Caroline whom she finds vaguely familiar. She then finds herself unwittingly parroting a conversation between Caroline and Cave Johnson. Highly stressed she manages to overload her battery and shuts off temporarily. Cave Johnson's voice on the recordings now sounds frail and it is clear his health is quickly deteriorating. In a large ditch attempt to survive, he instructs his engineers to start research into artificial intelligence, so that his mind can be transferred into a computer. Angry at the state of affairs, he instructs his employees that if he dies before the AI is complete Caroline is to take charge of the facility, against her wishes. He also informs them that she can take his place in the AI. No more recordings are made, but it becomes clear that Caroline's mind was inserted into the AI, and is now a part of GLaDOS. Learning this, GLaDOS' attitude slowly changes. She begins praising Chell's progress, and claims to have turned a new leaf. While making their way back up to the facility, and Wheatley, GLaDOS observes a poster about robot paradoxes and comes up with a plan to stop Wheatley when they face him.}}

==== {{anchor|Chapter 8}} Chapter 8: The Itch ====
{{Spoiler|Chell and GLaDOS return to find the facility in chaos. Several core meltdowns are in progress while Wheatley has been busy modifying the test chambers to his liking, including constructing [[Frankenturrets]] - crudely made walking Turret/Weighted Storage Cube hybrids. They confront Wheatley and GLaDOS attempts to shut him down by presenting him with a {{W|logical paradox}}. It fails as he nonchalantly provides an answer, apparently immune to it's effect. Back in his clutches, Wheatley forces them to carry out his tests, revealing the need to test is an 'itch' hardwired into the AI system. Initially Wheatley is satisfied with the testing but soon the euphoria of watching Chell and GLaDOS being tested wears off, as he builds up a resistance to the euphoric response. Growing frustrated with them, Wheatley hints he has found other test subjects ([[P-body]] and [[Atlas]]) and that he has a 'surprise to die for' coming soon. He unleashes his surprise early when Chell steps on a booby trapped [[Aerial Faith Plate]], which transports Chell and GLaDOS to a platform surrounded by spiked crushing plates.}}

==== {{anchor|Chapter 9}} Chapter 9: The Part Where He Kills You ====
{{Spoiler|Escaping the trap, Chell and GLaDOS make their escape through the inner facility, avoiding Wheatley's attempts to kill them. They come across a room containing rejected corrupted cores and GLaDOS formulates a plan. She stays behind to carry it out while Chell makes her way to Wheatley's lair for the final confrontation, where he reveals the facility will self destruct in six minutes. They do battle and during its course, Chell manages to attach 3 corrupted cores onto Wheatley. This results in a core corruption of 100% and the Announcer intervenes to initiate a core transfer. GLaDOS inserts herself as the substitute core and hurries Chell to press the stalemate resolution button. Wheatley anticipating this outcome has booby trapped it and it explodes as Chell attempts to press it. She survives the explosion, to the disdain of Wheatley. With the last of her strength she grabs the Handheld Portal Device and shoots a portal at the Moon's surface. The resulting portals cause everything in the room to be sucked into the vacuum of space, but Chell manages to hang on by grabbing hold of the panicking Wheatley. GLaDOS uses a mechanical arm to detach Wheatley from his body, who is then sucked into space, and pulls Chell back through before closing the portal. Chell wakes up later to find a worried [[P-body]] and [[Atlas]] watching over her and GLaDOS back in her body and back in charge of the facility. She thanks Chell for helping her find the Caroline inside her, before promptly deleting all traces of her. She reveals she has become weary of trying to kill Chell, and that the best course of solution is to give Chell what she wants. Her freedom. She sends Chell on her way to the surface, where along the way she is serenaded by a Turret opera. Reaching the top a door opens, and Chell steps out into a picturesque sunny cornfield where the door promptly shuts behind her. Taking in her freedom GLaDOS has one last surprise. The Weighted Companion Cube she incinerated in ''Portal'' is thrown outside with her and the door down to the facility is closed shut.}}

{{Spoiler|The game ends with a wistful Wheatley floating aimlessly in space, regretting his actions.}}

=== Cooperative Campaign ===
==== {{anchor|Course 1}} Course 1: Team Building ====

==== {{anchor|Course 2}} Course 2: Mass and Velocity ====
==== {{anchor|Course 3}} Course 3: Hard Light Surfaces ====
==== {{anchor|Course 4}} Course 4: Excursion Funnels ====
==== {{anchor|Course 5}} Course 5: Mobility Gels ====

[[Category:Gameplay]]

Automaton's Tophat

2011-05-13T07:31:24Z

Alex2539: Minor rewording.

{{Item infobox
| slot = Head
| used-by = [[Atlas]], [[P-body]]
| level = Level 1 Hat
}}
The '''Automaton's Tophat''' is a [[Hats|headwear]] item in ''[[Portal 2]]''. It resembles a tall stove pipe hat.

==Trivia==
*P-Body and Atlas have different styles of this hat. P-Body has a taller, skinny version, whereas Atlas has a larger, wider version.

{{ItemNav}}
[[Category:Hats]]

February 17, 2009 Patch (Portal)

2011-05-13T07:26:46Z

Alex2539:

{{Patch layout
| game = portal
| source = http://store.steampowered.com/news/2252/
| source-title = Orange Box Engine Update Released
| before = [[June 10, 2008 Patch (Portal)]]
| after = [[February 20, 2009 Patch (Portal)]]
| notes =
=== Orange Box Engine ===
* Updated the engine to report SteamIDs using the Steam_0 format instead of Steam_1
* Fixed problems in Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Source mods running the current [[The Orange Box|Orange Box]] engine
* Reverted the change that capped rate at 30000
}}

Orange Box

2011-05-13T07:25:55Z

Alex2539: Whoops, just realized my previous edit was useless...

#REDIRECT [[The Orange Box]]

Orange Box

2011-05-13T07:24:15Z

Alex2539: Archaic language should be avoided.

{{OtherWikis
| ''{{w|The Orange Box}}'' on {{w|Main Page|Wikipedia}}
| [http://orange.half-life2.com/ ''The Orange Box'' official website]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/sub/469/ ''The Orange Box''] on [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam]
| [http://www.ea.com/theorangebox/ ''The Orange Box''] on [http://eastore.ea.com/ the EA Store]
}}
'''''The Orange Box''''' is a Valve game compilation, containing ''[[Portal]]'' among other titles.

[[Category:Valve]]
[[Category:Games]]

List of Fact Sphere facts

2011-05-11T22:48:30Z

Alex2539: Some are still unsorted. Should the true ones be cited?

{{stub}}
==True Facts==
#The billionth digit of Pi is 9.
#Humans can survive underwater. But not for very long.
#A nanosecond lasts one billionth of a second.
#Honey does not spoil.
#The atomic weight of Germanium is seven two point six four.
#An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
#Rats cannot throw up.
#Iguanas can stay underwater for twenty-eight point seven minutes.
#The moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days.
#A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.
#According to Norse legend, thunder god Thor's chariot was pulled across the sky by two goats.
#Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal, at 3,410 degrees Celsius.
#Gently cleaning the tongue twice a day is the most effective way to fight bad breath.
#The Tariff Act of 1789, established to protect domestic manufacture, was the second statute ever enacted by the United States government.
#The value of Pi is the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter in Euclidean space.
#The Mexican-American War ended in 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
#In 1879, Sandford Fleming first proposed the adoption of worldwide standardized time zones at the Royal Canadian Institute.
#Marie Curie invented the theory of radioactivity, the treatment of radioactivity, and dying of radioactivity.
#At the end of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, Konstantin kills himself.
#If you have trouble with simple counting, use the following mnemonic device: one comes before two comes before 60 comes after 12 comes before six trillion comes after 504. This will make your earlier counting difficulties seem like no big deal

== Partialy True Facts==
Note: '''Bolded''' sections are untrue.
#Cellular phones will not give you cancer. '''Only hepatitis'''.
#Diamonds are made when coal is put under intense pressure. '''Diamonds put under intense pressure become foam pellets, commonly used today as packing material'''.
#In Greek myth, Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humankind. '''The jewelry he kept for himself'''.
#The Schrodinger's cat paradox outlines a situation in which a cat in a box must be considered, for all intents and purposes, simultaneously alive and dead. '''Schrodinger created this paradox as a justification for killing cats'''.
#In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. '''Like everything he did, Lincoln freed the slaves while sleepwalking, and later had no memory of the event'''.
#The plural of surgeon general is surgeons general. '''The past tense of surgeons general is surgeonsed general'''
#'''Volcano-ologists''' are experts in the study of volcanoes.
#Contrary to popular belief, the Eskimo does not have one hundred different words for snow. '''They do, however, have two hundred and thirty-four words for fudge.'''
#Halley's Comet can be viewed orbiting Earth every seventy-six years. '''For the other seventy-five, it retreats to the heart of the sun, where it hibernates undisturbed.'''
#The first commercial airline flight took to the air in 1914. '''Everyone involved screamed the entire way.'''

== Nearly True Facts ==
#The Sun is 330,330 times larger than Earth. ''The sun has approximately 333,000 times the ''mass'' of the Earth. In terms of volume it is 1.3 million times larger than the Earth.''
#Dental floss has superb tensile strength. ''The tensile strength of dental floss depends on what it is made of. Nylon floss will have a much higher tensile strength than Teflon floss.''
#Raseph, the Semitic god of war and plague, had a gazelle growing out of his forehead. ''The gazelle was part of a headdress and did not grow out of his head.''
#Human tapeworms can grow up to twenty-two point nine meters. ''Some tapeworms can grow that long, but not the sort that infest humans.''

== False Facts ==
#Hot water freezes quicker than cold water
#The square root of rope is string.
#89% of magic tricks are not magic. Technically, they are sorcery.
#At some point in their lives 1 in 6 children will be abducted by the Dutch.
#According to most advanced algorithms, the world's best name is Craig.
#To make a photocopier, simply photocopy a mirror.
#Dreams are the subconscious mind's way of reminding people to go to school naked and have their teeth fall out.
#Whales are twice as intelligent, and three times as delicious, as humans.
#Pants were invented by sailors in the sixteenth century to avoid Poseidon's wrath. It was believed that the sight of naked sailors angered the sea god.
#In Greek myth, the craftsman Daedalus invented human flight so a group of Minotaurs would stop teasing him about it.
#The average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.
#China produces the world's second largest crop of soybeans.
#In Victorian England, a commoner was not allowed to look directly at the Queen, due to a belief at the time that the poor had the ability to steal thoughts. Science now believes that less than 4% of poor people are able to do this.
#In 1948, at the request of a dying boy, baseball legend Babe Ruth ate seventy-five hot dogs, then died of hot dog poisoning.
#William Shakespeare did not exist. His plays were masterminded in 1589 by Francis Bacon, who used a Ouija board to enslave play-writing ghosts.
#It is incorrectly noted that Thomas Edison invented 'push-ups' in 1878. Nikolai Tesla had in fact patented the activity three years earlier, under the name 'Tesla-cize.'
#The automobile brake was not invented until 1895. Before this, someone had to remain in the car at all times, driving in circles until passengers returned from their errands.
#Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest, did so accidentally while chasing a bird.
#The most poisonous fish in the world is the orange ruffy. Everything but its eyes are made of a deadly poison. The ruffy's eyes are composed of a less harmful, deadly poison.
#The occupation of court jester was invented accidentally, when a vassal's epilepsy was mistaken for capering.
#Before the Wright Brothers invented the airplane, anyone wanting to fly anywhere was required to eat 200 pounds of helium.
#Before the invention of scrambled eggs in 1912, the typical breakfast was either whole eggs still in the shell or scrambled rocks.
#During the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority outlawed pet rabbits, forcing many to hot glue-gun long ears onto their pet mice.
#The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty.

User talk:Dah31

2011-05-11T05:20:21Z

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[[Category:User images]]

Obtaining Portal achievements

2011-05-09T08:55:56Z

Alex2539:

{{Show achievement|Portal|Lab Rat|Very Easy
| This achievement is story related, it is earned once you equip the Dual ''[[Handheld Portal Device]]'' in Test Chamber 11.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Fratricide|Very Easy
| This achievement is story related, it is earned once you burn the ''[[Weighted Companion Cube]]'' in Test Chamber 17.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Partygoer|Very Easy
| This achievement is story related, it is earned once you escape from the burning pit and carry onto the escape levels after The Final Test.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Heartbreaker|Very Easy
| This achievement is story related, it is earned once you defeat ''[[GLaDOS]]'' and beat the game.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Friendly Fire|Easy
| To earn this achievement, You must pick up a ''[[Turret]]'' and knock over another one.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Terminal Velocity|Easy
| Once you have acquired the Dual Portal Device in Test Chamber 11, this achievement is now unlockable, to unlock it, you must be in a test chamber where you can place ''[[Portals]]'' on both the ceiling, and the floor, after you finish placing them, jump into the bottom portal and wait for about 15 or more, and you should unlock this achievement.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Long Jump|Easy
| Here, you are required to jump 300 feet, it's actually not complicated, you just need to be in a long test chamber where you can place portals on the walls and the floor, place a portal on a wall, and place another below it on the floor, jump into the floor portal and keep placing portals on the floor while landing in them until you get the achievement.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Transmission Received|Medium
| This achievement was added on March 1st 2010 leading to the announcement of ''[[Portal 2]]''. There are hidden radios in the Test Chambers, you are required to pick these up and put them into the right position. You cannot get this achievement on your first play through.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Cupcake|Medium
| To earn this achievement, you have to beat 2 of the Advanced Chambers, they are found in the Main menu, it is best to go through these in order.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Fruitcake|Medium
| To earn this achievement, you have to beat 4 of the Advanced Chambers, it is best to go through these in order.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Camera Shy|Medium
| After you get the first portal gun, you are required to detach every security camera from their walls (excluding the ones you see before the test chamber where it is acquired and the ones on the non portal placement walls) by using the portal gun.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Vanilla Crazy Cake|Medium
| To earn this achievement, you have to beat all 6 of the Advanced Chambers, it is best to go through these in order.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Basic Science|Hard
| Here, you are required to earn bronze on all the challenges, these are accessed in the ''[[Main menu]]'', there are 3 challenges in one map, you must finish all the challenges with at least a bronze rating.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Rocket Science|Hard
| Here, you are required to earn Silver on all the challenges, you must finish all the challenges with at least a silver rating.
}}
{{Show achievement|Portal|Aperture Science|Very Hard
| Here, you are required to earn Gold on all the challenges, you must finish all the challenges with at least a gold rating.
}}

[[Category:Achievements]]
[[Category:Lists]]

Source Engine

2011-05-09T08:53:09Z

Alex2539:

{{OtherWikis
| {{W|Source (game engine)|Source}} on {{W|Main Page|Wikipedia}};
| [http://source.valvesoftware.com/ Official Source Site] on [http://www.valvesoftware.com/ valvesoftware.com];
| {{vdc|Source|Source Engine}};
** {{vdc|Source Engine Features|Features}};
** {{vdc|SDK Docs|SDK Documentation}}.
}}
The '''Source Engine''' is a 3D game engine created by [[Valve]]. It is the engine used in ''[[Portal]]'' and ''[[Portal 2]]'' as well as many other games.

== See also ==
* [[Valve]]
* [[The Orange Box]]

[[Category:Valve]]

Portal 2 ARG

2011-05-09T08:19:36Z

Alex2539:

{{OtherWikis
| ''[http://www.valvearg.com ValveARG Wiki]''
}}
The '''Portal 2 ARG''' was an alternate reality game run by [[Valve]] and several independent game companies to promote the release of ''[[Portal 2]]''. As a result of the ARG, ''Portal 2'' was release nine and a half hours early.

Steam

2011-05-09T08:06:28Z

Alex2539: God dammit...

{{OtherWikis
| image2 = Steam logo.png | image2width = 180px | contents = '''Please see the following resources for information on Steam:'''
* [http://www.steampowered.com/ '''Official Steam website''']
** [https://steamcommunity.com/ Steam Community]
** [https://support.steampowered.com/ Steam Support]
** [http://www.valvesoftware.com/ Valve Software]
** [http://steampowered.com/steamworks Steamworks]
* ''Other links:''
** '''[[wikipedia:Steam (content delivery)|Steam]]''' on '''[[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]'''
** {{vdc|Category:Steam|Steam documentation}}
}}
'''Steam''' is a digital content distribution system and a digital rights management system created by [[Valve]].
== See also ==
*[[Valve]]

[[Category:Valve]]

Steam

2011-05-09T08:05:53Z

Alex2539:

{{OtherWikis
| image2 = Steam logo.png | image2width = 180px | contents = '''Please see the following resources for information on Steam:'''
* [http://www.steampowered.com/ '''Official Steam website''']
** [https://steamcommunity.com/ Steam Community]
** [https://support.steampowered.com/ Steam Support]
** [http://www.valvesoftware.com/ Valve Software]
** [http://steampowered.com/steamworks Steamworks]
* ''Other links:''
** '''[[wikipedia:Steam (content delivery)|Steam]]''' on '''[[wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]]'''
** {{vdc|Category:Steam|Steam documentation}}
}}
Steam is a digital content distribution system and a digital rights management system created by [[Valve]].
== See also ==
*[[Valve]]

[[Category:Valve]]

The Orange Box

2011-05-09T08:04:01Z

Alex2539: Tenses: how do they work?

{{OtherWikis
| ''{{w|The Orange Box}}'' on {{w|Main Page|Wikipedia}}
| [http://orange.half-life2.com/ ''The Orange Box'' official website]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/sub/469/ ''The Orange Box''] on [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam]
| [http://www.ea.com/theorangebox/ ''The Orange Box''] on [http://eastore.ea.com/ the EA Store]
}}
'''''The Orange Box''''' is a game compilation by Valve published in 2007. It includes the original release of ''[[Portal]]''.

Black Mesa

2011-05-09T08:03:15Z

Alex2539:

{{OtherWikis
| {{hl2wiki|Black Mesa|''Black Mesa''}}
}}
'''Black Mesa''' is a scientific research corporation in the ''[[hl2:Half-Life|Half-Life]]'' universe and the main competitor to [[Aperture Science]].

Valve Corporation

2011-05-09T08:02:16Z

Alex2539: No need to list all of their games. Point out what's relevant to us and let the other wikis do the rest

{{OtherWikis
| image2 = Valve logo.png | image2width = 180px
| ''{{w|Valve Corporation}}'' on {{w|Main Page|Wikipedia}}
| [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve ''Valve''] on the [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page Valve Developer Wiki]
}}
'''Valve''' is an entertainment and technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. They are the company behind ''[[Portal]]'' and ''[[Portal 2]]'' as well as many other popular titles.
== See Also ==
* [[Steam]]
* [[The Orange Box]]
* [[Team Fortress 2]]
[[Category:Valve| ]]

The Orange Box

2011-05-09T07:51:45Z

Alex2539:

{{OtherWikis
| ''{{w|The Orange Box}}'' on {{w|Main Page|Wikipedia}}
| [http://orange.half-life2.com/ ''The Orange Box'' official website]
| [http://store.steampowered.com/sub/469/ ''The Orange Box''] on [http://store.steampowered.com/ Steam]
| [http://www.ea.com/theorangebox/ ''The Orange Box''] on [http://eastore.ea.com/ the EA Store]
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'''''The Orange Box''''' is a game compilation by Valve published in 2007. It included the original release of ''[[Portal]]''.

List of references

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Alex2539:

Within the ''Portal'' series, both in-game and in the trailers, are multiple '''references'''. There are a variety of references, including, but not limited to, games, movies, songs, and even other games.
== General References ==
* The achievement, '''Schrodinger's Catch''', is a reference to ''Schrödinger's Cat'', a famous {{W|thought experiment}} conceived by {{W|Erwin Schrödinger}}. It involves placing a cat in a closed box with a neurotoxin and a photon emitter which is capable of triggering its release. The emitter shoots a single photon through a partially silvered mirror which it has a 50/50 chance of passing through, resulting in either the photon harmlessly reflecting back or passing through and triggering the neurotoxin, resulting in the cats death. This results in a quantum superposition of states where the cat is both alive and dead if no observer looks in the box to view the outcome. The experiment is also referenced by GLaDOS in the [[Portal_2:_Lab_Rat|Lab Rat comic]] when she requests boxes, cats and neurotoxin.

*The achievement, '''Preservation of Mass''', is a reference to the ''{{W|Law of Conservation of Mass}}'' in Newtonian physics. The law states that the mass in a closed system remains constant over time.

*One of Wheatley's lines, [[Media:Wheatley bw_finale02_spinnyblade03.wav|"Machiavellian!"]], refers to Machiavelli, an Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author of the 15th-16th century.

== Games ==
* The achievement '''Narbacular Drop''' is a reference to a puzzle game of the same name, ''Narbacular Drop''. It was the Portal team's first game, from which ''Portal'' was based off of.

* One of the achievements labeled '''Smash TV''' is a reference to an early 90's arcade game called ''Smash TV'', where two contestants are pitted in a brutal game show in which they're forced to fight for their lives for cash prizes.

* In ''L4D2'', during the first campaign, the survivors come across an empty bar with a working jukebox. If the players use the jukebox enough, the song ''Still Alive'' from ''Portal'' will play.

* In ''Fable III'', when you have become the king, during the quest where you must meet with Paige to break up a robbery, the player must navigate their way through the basement area. This is the only time the player is allowed down in there. Upon discovery of stacks of crates, there is a small entry way where you can navigate through. There you'll find a man in a cell worshipping a crate with pink hearts painted on all sides, a reference to the [[Weighted Companion Cube]] found in the ''Portal'' series. Next to the cell is a baked cake, also a reference to the fabled cake in ''Portal''.

== Movies ==
* The achievement, '''Stranger Than Friction''', is a reference to ''Stranger Than Fiction'', in which a man finds out his life is being narrated like a novel.

== Music ==
=== Song ===
* The achievement '''Bridge Over Troubling Water''' is a reference to Simon & Garfunkel's song ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''.

* The achievement '''Can't Touch This''' is an reference to MC Hammer's song ''U Can't Touch This''.

[[Category:Lists]]

Team Fortress 2

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Alex2539:

{{OtherWikis
| ''[[w:Team Fortress 2|Team Fortress 2]]'' on [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia]]
* [[tf2:Main Page|Team Fortress Wiki]]
* [http://www.teamfortress.com/ Official ''Team Fortress 2'' website]
* [http://store.steampowered.com/app/440 ''Team Fortress 2''] on Steam
}}
'''''Team Fortress 2''''' is a first-person shooter multiplayer game developed by [[Valve]]. It was featured bundled with ''[[Portal]]'', ''{{W|Half-Life 2}}'', ''{{W|Half-Life 2: Episode One}}'' and ''{{W|Half-Life 2: Episode Two}}'' in ''[[The Orange Box]]''. [[Atlas]] and [[P-body]], can wear a limited number of [[hats]] the player has earned in ''Team Fortress 2''.
== See also ==
* [[Mann Co. Cap]]
* [[Prince Tavish's Crown]]
* [[Pyro's Beanie]]
* [[Fancy Fedora]]
* [[Master's Yellow Belt]]
* [[Tyrant's Helm]]
* [[Aperture Labs Hard Hat]]

User talk:Superslinger2007

2011-05-06T04:52:02Z

Alex2539: Your recent edit

== Your recent edit ==

Hi, I just want to let you know that if you want to edit content on a page that's in multiple sections you can click the main "Edit" button at the top of the page instead of the little links next to the section's title. This way you can do everything you mean to in one edit rather than several. Making lots of small edits spams the [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]] log. Thanks {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 04:52, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button

2011-05-02T02:34:24Z

Alex2539: /* Gallery */ Odd capitalization

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{{Quotation|'''GLaDOS'''|Please place the Weighted Storage Cube on the Fifteen Hundred Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button.|sound=GLaDOS_00_part2_entry-1.wav}}
The '''Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button''' is a game [[Mechanics|mechanic]] used throughout the ''Portal'' series. It is used within [[Test Chambers]], and is activated when either a player or [[Weighted Storage Cube]] is placed upon it.

== Uses ==
Buttons are present in the virtually all test chambers and, when activated, trigger a variety of effects. Buttons can either control the flow of Excursion Funnels, open and close hatches, release [[Weighted Storage Cube]]s, or even open and close the gate leading to the exit. It's up to the player to figure out how and when to use the button, or buttons, in order to proceed.

== Bugs ==


== Trivia ==
* At the beginning of Portal 2, cube- and button-based testing is revealed to be an integral part of [[Aperture Science]]'s testing methodology. This may be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the frequency with which similar game mechanics have been used since the creation of the earliest puzzle games.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:P2_Floor_button.png|''Portal 2'' floor button
Image:P2_Floor_button_active.png|An active ''Portal 2'' floor button
Image:P2_OldFloor_button.png|An old Aperture floor button from ''Portal 2''
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Switch]]
* [[Edgeless Safety Cube]]
* [[Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle]]
* [[Weighted Storage Cube]]
* [[Weighted Storage Cube Receptacle]]

{{MechanicsNav}}

High Energy Pellet

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Alex2539: /* Gallery */ Waaaay too many images.

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[[File:Energy Pellet.png|right|230px|A High Energy Pellet in ''Portal'']]
{{Quotation|'''GLaDOS'''|While safety is one of many Enrichment Center goals, the Aperture Science High Energy Pellet, seen to the left of the chamber, can and has caused permanent disabilities such as vaporization.|sound=GLaDOS_03_part1_entry-1.wav}}
The '''High Energy Pellet''' is a [[mechanics|puzzle mechanic]] introduced in ''[[Portal]]''. It is a fast moving energy ball, fired by an emitter built into a [[Test Chamber]] [[surface]] and usually accompanied by a receptacle that catches it. Players direct the ball into the receptacle in order to activate lifts or devices before it dissipates and explodes. The ball is extremely volatile, and as such instantly vaporizes [[Chell]] on contact. [[Turrets]], however, will be knocked over by it.
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==Gallery==
<gallery widths="140" heights="140">
File:High Energy Pellet In Game.jpg|The High Energy Pellet in ''Portal''
File:Combine Ball launcher.jpg|High Energy Pellet launcher.
File:Combine Ball catcher.jpg|High Energy Pellet catcher.
File:Potato 26.jpg|A destroyed High Energy Pellet launcher in a ruined Test Chamber 07.
File:Aperture poster.png|An High Energy Pellet about to hit a Test Subject on an Aperture Science propaganda poster, titled "Courage is Not the Absence of Fear".
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* The Energy Pellet re-uses the '''Combine Energy Ball''' model from the ''Half-Life'' series.
* The Pellet "refreshes" every time it passes through linked portals, meaning the player could keep the ball bouncing until they've discovered the solution to the current chamber.

{{MechanicsNav}}

Template:Sp2

2011-05-01T04:48:04Z

Alex2539: Sp2: Electric Boogaloo

<onlyinclude>[[File:Warning red.png|25px]] I must insist again that you use the '''Show preview''' button. Failure to do so may result in a block from editing.</onlyinclude><noinclude>
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Template:Sp

2011-05-01T04:46:58Z

Alex2539: Because you never know when it might come in handy

<onlyinclude>[[File:Information.png|25px]] Please make use of the '''Show preview''' button. It gives you a preview of the edit you make, allowing you to perfect it before you save the page.</onlyinclude><noinclude>
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Chell

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Alex2539: /* Trivia */

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[[File:Chell.png|right|thumb|Chell in ''Portal 2''.|200px]]
{{Quotation|'''GLaDOS'''|You really are doing great... Chell.|sound=GLaDOS_sp_sphere_2nd_encounter_completion01.wav}}
'''Chell''' is the protagonist of both ''[[Portal]]'' and ''[[Portal 2]]''. Little is known about her past beyond her being abandoned at birth and her stubborn will to live. She wields only the [[Handheld Portal Device]] throughout her entire quest for freedom.

== History ==
Most of Chells history remains a mystery. Throughout Portal 2, [[GLaDOS]] mentions numerous times that Chell was abandoned at birth and later adopted, though the credibility of GLaDOS' word is left up to the interpreter. Many of GLaDOS' comments throughout Portal 2 and the latter stages of Portal are in an effort to belittle, annoy, or distract Chell from achieving her goal, whether or not statements of her adoption are true or not is up for debate.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Chell first person.png|Chell first-person view.
File:Portal Chell.png|Chell in ''Portal''.
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
* One of the ''Bring Your Daughter to Work Day'' science-fair entries within ''Portal 2'' is signed, "by Chell"; indicating Chell was the daughter of an Aperture Science employee. The entry seemingly began as a potato, interacting with "an element from daddys work" and has now grown massively out of control and taken up roots in the structure.
* {{spoiler text|The [[turret]] opera at the end of ''Portal 2'' mentions Chell by name, calling her "cara mia" {{N}} "my dear" in Italian. This implies a deeper connection between Chell and GLaDOS than was previously let on.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtAXSyFCWXY</ref>}}

==References==
<references/>

{{CharactersNav}}

Talk:Chell

2011-05-01T04:11:51Z

Alex2539: /* Trivia */

I've added the entire history of Chell, I'm not sure how to add the "header" to the page that indicates to readers that the page is very spoiler heavy and might want to turn spoilers on. Someone wanna add that for me?

== Trivia ==

The trivia doesn't seem to be trivia, but observations and speculations. Shouldn't it be moved to a 'notes' section or something? --[[User:Vaught|Vaught]] 03:34, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
: I got rid of the one about the comic since it's obvious as long as you've read it. The one about the last name was entirely speculation so I removed it as well. I've kept the one about the potato experiment because although most people probably noticed it, they may not have noticed that it was done by Chell. I know I didn't until it was pointed out. I've also kept the one about the turret opera since it is completely hidden to anyone who doesn't speak Italian. Originally, that trivia item stated that the song implied that Caroline was Chell's mother. While there is no evidence to support that, calling her "my dear" over and over and saying it is a pity that she must leave does imply a deeper connection than the tester/testee relationship the game's narrative indicates. As such, I modified it. {{N}}<span style="vertical-align: 2px;margin-left:20px;">[[File:User Moussekateer signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]]</span>[[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;margin-left:-27px;font-weight:bold;font-variant:small-caps;font-size:75%;">Alex</span>]]  [[File:User Alex2539 signature portal.png|13px|link=User:Alex2539]][[User:Alex2539|<span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align: -3px;margin-left:-1em;font-weight:bold;font-size:75%;">2539</span>]] <span style="font-size:55%">([[User talk:Alex2539|t]]{{Md}}[[Special:Contributions/Alex2539|c]])</span> 04:11, 1 May 2011 (UTC)