Talk:Vortigaunt/Archive 1

Resemblance with Vorticons
The vortigaunt show much resemblance (not in appearence)to the Vorticon aliens from the commander keen sidescroller. They both have claws, some are telepathic and they were both used as slaves and forced to fight the protagonist with a special belt. It's probably just a coincidence, but who knows.


 * Thats interesting because I always used to think that they bore alot of resemblance to Tralfamadorians from the book Slaughterhouse Five. They both had very similar views on time and space.Maybe Vorticons were just sortof a compilation of aliens they liked? Also Vorticon, Vonnegut and Vortigaunt all sound pretty similar. By the way sorry I voiced an already voiced opinion.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.139.129.1 (talk) 20:02, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Non sentient vorts
I don't think that really fits in. It does very well seem the vortigaunts are sentient creatures. Here is Kleiner's quote:

'Fellow citizens...residents of City 17 and environs...by which I mean sentient residents, of course, human and otherwise, although I believe there is little need to explain recent developments to our vortigaunt allies...'

While I don't know what it means, I don't think that it means the vorts aren't sentient. Knowitall 19:01, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I think what is meant is, Kleiner is speaking to all races currently on Earth that can listen to the speech, and that would include humans "and otherwise," or Vorts. That's backed up by the "although" line, which also explains that Vortigaunts understand everything that's going on, and there's really no need to explain it to them. -TheJoey —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.123.189.5 (talk) 18:46, 10 January 2007 (UTC).

Role in Half Life 2: Episode One
I was surprised and impressed by the Vortigaunts abilities; they seem to have some of G-Mans powers, and can hold him back (and, by the looks of it, upset him vvvveeeerrrryyyy much). The question is, are they tracking and following the "realms" he enters (i.e. Alyx in slow time, and G-Mans prision), or are they just able to enter slow time and the G-prision (other dimension?). - Doug 01:26, 3 June 2006 (GMT)
 * The Half-Life series is based in science, namely high energy physics. By 'slow time', they're not entering another realm or anything, they're just slowing the passage of time. Vortessence itself seems to be a biological and cultural manipulation of strings. --2ltben

I'm not sure if this belongs here, but the actions of the Vorts in Episode One seem to make everyone think that they are necessarily holding back the G-Man because the G-Man is a bad guy (good guys stopping someone shady or mysterious usually makes people think that)-- I don't believe that's the case. Think of this for a minute: What if the Vortigaunts were the ones that asked the G-man of Gordon's services in Half-Life 2? It could be possible that the Vorts stopped the G-Man from taking Gordon anywhere else in order to ensure the destruction of the Combine. They really screwed the G-Man over, which is obvious by how angry he became. --TheJoey

No Longer an Enemy
I think we've got a problem. The Vortigaunts are clearly friends to the Resistance, but they're still listed under "Enemies" in the purple box that lists all Half-Life related articles (whatever that's called). And yet, during Half-Life, they were your enemies. So how is it that they can be listed as enemies and also listed as... well, characters, I guess, since that seems to be the only place appropriate for an entire species that's friendly.


 * Half-Life 2 is more recent and in it, Vortigaunts are allies, so let's go by chronology and put them on "Other Characters"; also, as we see in Episode One, they're gaining a new relevance, so they deserve to be separated from the "Enemies" article.

Also, if you want to see it in other way, the Vortigaunts were enemies unwillingly, because they were slaves of the Nihilant; they now are willingly allies, so they should be put in "Other Characters" instead of "Enemies".

Green Beam Attack
I added to the Offensive/Defensive page about their green beam attack and how it can kill the player or npcs almost instantly. --65.255.130.104 00:53, 22 July 2006 (UTC)VonV

By the way, I've tested it. -VonV

Group of Vortigaunts Picture
I edited the picture's size in the article from 200px to 300px, because the image is really dark and it's hard to see the Vortigaunts with the picture so small. I also tried 250px and it looks good with that size too, but I ultimately decided for the 300px. I hope nobody minds.

They did see combat on the source engine before....
"This will likely be the first time Vortigaunts are seen in single-player combat in a Valve game using the Source engine"

Half Life:Source... I'll just go ahead and correct this... ok?

Gman and Vortigaunts: possible allies?
I Hl2,in the Route Canal chapter, when Gordon goes in the train wagon that contains a citizen and a vortigaunt powering a tv (with the gman on the screen), the vortigaunt then says to Gordon:"We serve the same mystery." Could this mean that the Vortigaunts and the Gman work together or have something in common? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Garmanbozia (talk • contribs) 22:06, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Possible allusion
I may have missed it, but does anyone know if the Vortigaunt race is an allusion to Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.? In Slaughter-House Five, there is an alien race that has the same perspective on time. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.227.97.252 (talk) 02:29, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Notable Vortigaunt & Uriah
I have created a new section pertaining to notable vortigaunt in the half life universe. I have also added subsections for Uriah and added the "all-knowing" vortigaunt to the section. Please feel free to edit the expansion and make it better. Noj_R 01:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Is the Notable Vortigaunt the one required for the achievement in the Orange Box?--Tenorwoody 18:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't know about a vortigaunt needed to complete an achievement, I just made a section for notable vortigaunt (plural) that appear in the series. - Noj r 01:27, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Appearance change
I remember someone pointing out that the Ep2 Vortigaunts looked different because they're the younger members of the race, front line soldiers, while the ones previously seen were older, playing support roles?216.154.16.83 (talk) 16:52, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Green Collars/Bands
I noticed that in this article, it states that the green bands/collars that the Vortigaunts wear were for control by the Nihilanth- however, having just played through all of Half-Life, expansions, Half-Life 2, etc., I noted that in one of the original Half-Life expansions (I believe it's Decay), the player can find a "naked" Vortigaunt on a table, with the green bands/collar wired up to a control board. If the player activates the control board, a focused been of green energy (identical to the ones that Vortigaunts fire) comes out. This is used to kill a Grunt that later pursues the players.

Further, I note that the bit about the bands being for control isn't sourced. Given the information above, it would appear that the bands being used for control is incorrect. I'll make a temporary change until somebody else can do it better. 76.108.31.31 (talk) 17:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

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All Knowing Vortigaunt Acheivement in Xbox 360
In the Xbox 360 version of HL2, you earn an achievement for finding the "All Knowing Vortigaunt". Should we include this under it's section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Youth Counselor (talk • contribs) 19:44, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

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