?rni Magn?sson

[Atomic_Piggy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Árni_Magnússon

Coincidence? Arne Magnusson? I think not.

EDIT: Gah, what happened to my title?

 

[kingkuttar]

Nice. I wonder if any of the other characters are named after anyone historical.

Then again it might just be a coincidence.

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Wow. For a brief, very fearful second, I read KngHnry.

 

[kingkuttar]

Wow. For a brief, very fearful second, I read KngHnry.

?????

 

[Xendance]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Árni_Magnússon

Coincidence? Arne Magnusson? I think not.

EDIT: Gah, what happened to my title?

Halflife2.net doesn't support silly characters Like the pound sign: ?

Wow. For a brief, very fearful second, I read KngHnry.

?????

He thought you were KngHnry, another user of our forum.

 

[dal1978]

Well, Dr, Kleiners pet headcrab is named after a real person, Hedy Lamarr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr).

Its possible that Issac Kleiner could be a reference to Alfred Kleiner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kleiner).

I couldn't find anybody obvious who the other charactures are named after, but its entirely possible.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Halflife2.net doesn't support silly characters Like the pound sign: ?

Shows how much appreciation this site gives to us brits.

 

[Chug a Bug]

^ What do you mean? You know we're appreciated. Didn't HL2 gave us that fine, upstanding example of non-stereotypical britishness Colonel Odessa Cubbage himself? What a splendid fellow he was.

 

[kupocake]

Shows how much appreciation this site gives to us brits.

Many key members of the Staff are British. Well, the lazy ones anyway.

Nice. I wonder if any of the other characters are named after anyone historical.

- Heady Lamarr is named after Hedy Lamarr, a famous actress and inventor.
- According to Marc Laidlaw, Gordon Freeman comes partially from Freeman Dyson, a noted theoretical physicist and mathematician (his theoretical work is a favourite of sci-fi authors, for instance, his idea of a 'Dyson Sphere', a gigantic construction around a star that harvests all available solar energy). Gabe Newell supposedly came up with the 'Gordon' with no recorded influence, but you can't help but wonder if he had Morgan Freeman somewhere in his mind when he came out with it.

 

[ic0dy]

but you can't help but wonder if he had Morgan Freeman somewhere in his mind when he came out with it.

I thought the exact same thing when i saw some trailer/commercial for the sum of all fears today on tv.

Pretty cool with that arne magnusson guy, he was danish and everything
Nice find atomic piggy!

 

[Omnomnick]

Heck you never know, might be...Just like in the simpsons, Dr.Frink is based off a real scientist named Dr.Frink...

 

[cjohnson]

Shows how much appreciation this site gives to us brits.

Aggreed ? ? ? ? but look: $ $ why ???????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[Druckles]

Wondering why I thought I'd read it before. Then I realised that the thread had already died.

I believe most of Valve's characters are named after real people. Including Barney.

 

[Acepilotf14]

The pound sign is simply a glitch.
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