Talk:Timeline of the Half-Life universe

Relevance
Not convinced about this page. What does everyone else think? Coming Second 16:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

This is basically just an outdated copy of the Half-Life Saga Story Guide's timeline. So even if we do keep it it'll need updating. Also, did whoever put this up get permission from it's creator? I don't think we have any way of knowing.

I vote we delete it. --MattyDienhoff 04:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Aaargh. Despite a lot of people's best efforts, this is still terribly written and laid out.  Just thinking about editing it into some sort of shape depresses me, so this is a vote for deletion. Coming Second 16:10, 4 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Nobody asks me stuff anymore, lolz, I vote delete, sorry dude that wrote this. -- Mega Sean 45 1:57 PM, November 4, 2008 (UTC)

Times of HL2
I've been meaning to make a list of all the events in HL2 as they happen, by time, but I've been having trouble being bothered to do it, since it would require a lot of research (like the sun's positioning in late fall) and guesswork. I might try sometime soon, I have plenty of time on my hands now. --Fireman V2 20:28, December 22, 2009 (UTC)

Localized Teleport Technology...
The timeline, in the 20 year gap, makes no reference to the 'cat incident' or the localized teleport tech kleiner developed, removing the need for the xen relay. There's not a particular time frame mentioned, Barney just says "not after last time", but I still think it warrants a mention.

167.206.128.33 04:59, March 2, 2010 (UTC)gildedlink


 * Added. Do you have issues with signing?... Klow 11:13, March 2, 2010 (UTC)

Black Mesa Incident and GLaDOS' takeover dates revealed?
Gameinformer, continuing with their Portal 2 supplement this month, just released a timeline of Aperture Science. While seemingly old information at first glance, it altered some of the dates, and most notably of all, may have revealed the date for which the events of the original Half-Life occurred. It states:

"1998 – The untested AI is activated for the first time as one of the planned activities on Aperture’s first annual bring-your-daughter-to-work day. In many ways, the initial test goes well: Within one picosecond of being switched on, GLaDOS becomes self-aware. The "going well" phase lasts for two more picoseconds, at which point GLaDOS takes control of the facility, locks everyone inside, and begins a permanent cycle of testing. Her goal: beat the hated Black Mesa in the race to develop a functioning portal technology. Days later, that race is lost when Black Mesa successfully deploys an interdimensional gate through which an alien race emerges and effectively ends the outside world."

If this is true, and it seems Gameinformer are getting info more or less straight from Valve, is this not one gigantic retcon? For years it has been accepted that the events of Half-Life take place on May 16 between 2000 and 2009, but Gameinformer now states that it was 1998, days after GLaDOS' takeover of Aperture Labs. Whether a mistake or genuine, I know we should wait for confirmation from Valve, but I thought I'd point out this potentially huge revelation. The full supplement may be seen here: Aperture Science: A History. - Halo-343 22:59, March 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Placing HL from 2000 to 2009 could place it in 2000, which is only 2 years after 1998, so it's actually not that far. And if that date is actually directly from Valve, this is INDEED awesome, as we can now put HL2 around 2018, and deduce the birth dates of several HL1 series characters, for instance Gordon who'd be born around 1971. However it's not very original to choose the same date as the game release date, imho. They could have chosen a bit earlier or later. And of course we should be sure it's true before jumping to gun, but I'm afraid Valve might never confirm this. But the article introduction really suggests this is all from them. Klow 23:41, March 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * I just checked ApertureScience.com, unfortunately it hasn't been updated with that new paragraph. Klow 23:44, March 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * I felt like asking the validity of that new paragraph directly to the lady who posted the article. Since she gives many contact ways, I chose the Facebook way. She was kind enough to answer me 11 minutes later this: "Nope! All of that information, aside from the introduction, was supplied directly from Valve! Hope that helps!". So, there you go, this is real. We can now unleash this huge retcon through the wiki. :-P Klow 00:30, March 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * On the contrary however, a couple people over at Steam Forums have emailed valved about this, and received the response "There's no way it could have taken place in the Nineties, since Gordon didn't start at Black Mesa until sometime in the Noughties!" from Marc Laidlaw.Mr. Someguy 04:15, April 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * I wrote to Marc yesterday, and he told me the same. We are more or less back to square 1; we'll correct it soon on the wiki. Klow 09:08, April 10, 2010 (UTC)

Portal Setting
Since I'm not like listening to 18 minutes of boring speech, please find and "copy" a quote where the Portal setting is in the Portal 2 podcast to me. ASBusinessMagnet 16:09, March 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just listen to it like everybody else. And I've listened to more boring stuff. Klow 16:49, March 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I found it. They weren't saying that they assume Portal takes place after Half-Life 2, they just said that it does.
 * I posted that because on mAL I heard that they actually aren't sure of it, and that would criticize this timeline. ASBusinessMagnet 17:06, March 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, we made sure they stated it or suggested it before jumping the gun. Klow 17:39, March 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just saying that apparently, the real quote is:
 * The first Portal takes place sometime after some of the events in Half-Life 2, but [some Portal 2 stuff goes here]
 * That means it happens simultaneously with Half-Life 2. ASBusinessMagnet 17:47, March 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Then he says that it's maybe a year later. Klow 19:28, March 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Something tells me that even Valve haven't thought it through this much. Only the fans really want to know when it is... Bramblepath 20:10, March 28, 2010 (UTC)