Talk:Portal (game)
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Things to do:
- At the end of every quote give a reference as to where in the game it took place, so that we can always keep them in chronological order.
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[edit] Protips
- Turn on subtitles, this makes easier the transcribing process.
The subtitles can also be read in source form in the GCF store "portal content.gcf", in portal\resource. It's called closecaption_english.txt. - Try putting the quotes in chronological order.
- GLaDOS says a lot of stuff, you may wish to separate things by "chapter" (level). try listing trailer and stuff she can say at any time (don't break camera stuff) before the chapters though. -Aknorals 16:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Careful with subtitles, though, they're not perfect. For instance, at the beginning of the last chamber, GLaDOS clearly says "The Enrichment Center is required to remind you that you will be baked, and then there will be cake." (as listed here too) but the captions say "The Enrichment Center is required to remind you that you will be baked [garbled] cake." Hard to say which version is funnier. There are one or two other minor discrepancies in the captions, so just use them for assistance, not as the final word. 82.95.254.249 17:32, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cake sphere
Should the cake sphere's quotes be formatted like that? I'm pretty sure they're seperate sentances, and not just one. 76.24.76.172 19:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
The captions for the sound(s?) are pretty long, and most sentances appear at the same time, so I would assume it's okay to leave it as it is. --Darthkillyou 00:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Cake" sphere
It isn't cake sphere. It's crazy sphere. You can find that in the GCF files. —This unsigned comment is by 84.251.152.203 (talk • contribs) 17:37, 30 November 2007.
Not entirely. The closed caption file calls it "portal.glados_core.crazy", but the sound files for it are named "escape_02_sphere_cakemix-*.wav" though. Also don't know if it should be on the main page and if so, in what format, but here's all its lines, separated with slashes. They're sorted by the numbers in the file, which should be chronological.
- One 18.25 ounce package chocolate cake mix. / One can prepared coconut pecan frosting. / Three slash four cup vegetable oil. / Four large eggs. One cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. / Three slash four cups butter or margarine. / One and two third cups granulated sugar. / Two cups all purpose flower. / Don't forget garnishes such as: / Fish shaped crackers. / Fish shaped candies. / Fish shaped solid waste. / Fish shaped dirt. / Fish shaped ethyl benzene. / Pull and peel licorice. / Fish shaped organic compounds and sediment shaped sediment. / Candy coated peanut butter pieces. Shaped like fish. / One cup lemon juice. / Alpha resins. / Unsaturated polyester resin. / Fiberglass surface resins. / And volatile malted milk impoundments. / Nine large egg yolks. / Twelve medium geosynthetic membranes. / One cup granulated sugar. / An entry called 'how to kill someone with your bare hands.' / Two cups rhubarb, sliced. / Two slash three cups granulated rhubarb. / One tablespoon all-purpose rhubarb. / One teaspoon grated orange rhubarb. / Three tablespoons rhubarb, on fire. / One large rhubarb. / One cross borehole electro-magnetic imaging rhubarb. / Two tablespoons rhubarb juice. / Adjustable aluminum head positioner. / Slaughter electric needle injector. / Cordless electric needle injector. / Injector needle driver. / Injector needle gun. / Cranial caps. / And it contains proven preservatives, deep penetration agents, and gas and odor control chemicals. / That will deodorize and preserve putrid tissue.
--71.232.179.80 06:33, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Flush the toilet
Sorry my bad english... At the beginning of the game, if you flush the toilet a turret-like voice says "Your work is appreciated" or something like this. —This unsigned comment is by 80.117.19.11 (talk • contribs) 14:53, 8 January 2008.
Done.
If you're trapped in some room, GLaDOS says something and free you:
—This unsigned comment is by 79.3.177.156 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 9 January 2008.
The quote you get when trapped is "Through no fault of the enrichment center you have managed to trap yourself in this room. An escape hatch will open in 3.. 2... 1." However, I don't think this is a "cream of the crop" quote worthy of inclusion in the article. Rulesdoc 18:01, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Actually, flushing the toilet it will say "Your business is appreciated" But it hardly seems noteworthy...
[edit] Excessive quoting.
Just a reminder of what Wikiquote is not We don't want or need every word of the turrets or GlaDOS from the game. Selected quotations, the cream of the crop, is ok. A transcription of every word is not. -- Greyed 23:33, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- To use internal links, Greyed, use this format:
- [[Page|Title]]
- For external links:
- [URL Title]
- As for your views on quoting Portal cannot have enough quotes, as it is a small game and taking out the "insignificant" quotes would make it look like a stub article. PatPeter 20:31, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
- Copyright violations trump stub. No one will be sued for stubs. Furthermore, no, it would not. We do not need every word that the turrets say. They're not that important. -- Greyed 21:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
- I just removed some of the in-game quotes that, quite frankly, weren't that interesting. "Mind the gap" doesn't make any sense on its own, and isn't nearly as representative of the game and/or GLaDOS as, say, "In dangerous testing environments, the Enrichment Center promises to always provide useful advice. For instance, the floor here will kill you. Try to avoid it." EVula // talk // 15:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
- Copyright violations trump stub. No one will be sued for stubs. Furthermore, no, it would not. We do not need every word that the turrets say. They're not that important. -- Greyed 21:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm inclined to agree that there's still an excess amount of quotes in this article, compared to how many quotes have typically been listed for just one single game. Also, I'm sort of concerned about the "Cake Recipe" section and the "Still Alive" section. I'm not too sure the entire cake recipe is something that would belong on Wikiquote, and also, wouldn't listing the entire lyrics for "Still Alive" be considered a copyvio? (By the way I'm Zidane2k1 on Wikipedia, I just don't have my own account here yet.) --71.137.8.194 06:05, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you. I support the removal of the cake recipe and the song. I'm not sure about the other deletions, but I won't revert them as opinions may differ.--Cato 06:49, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
I have reverted this article to Sceptre's 22:54, 1 August 2008 (UTC) version, which removed a huge amount of quoting. I would recommend that anyone who honestly believes that so much quoting is not a blatant copyright violation make their arguments here before restoring this material. As it is, based on the typical amount of original, meaningful dialog that can be found in electronic games, the length of this article may still be copyvio-bait. Continued efforts to use this article as a transcription of much if not most of the dialog from this game, instead of only a select set of pithy statements notable to non-fans of the game, may result in the article being tagged as a copyright violation, which would require that it be rewritten from scratch. Please focus on only the very best, not everything but the kitchen sink. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 23:39, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Ummm...
Why was the contents menu removed and why has it not been reinstated?
[edit] Link to the German article
Hello, there The German article has nothing to do with the game portal. Could please someone delete the linking?
Greets from Germany
[edit] Mess Up's
Hi Everyone. GLaDOS messes up sometimes. like f-f-f-f-f-fling fling -fling yourself!!! Should these be included? or how about when you take a camera off the wall. that should be included. thanks
