The News Bot Christmas Playthrough Of Balls and Brains

No Tofu?  :O  How dare you.... j/k

The Outbreak order? Is that the one we discussed on the old forums with Tim and Welsh>?

Also Survivor 2, it's semi-canon as a dream but still could be counted!

Survivor 2 irritates me gameplay wise, haha. And the Outbreak order there is the proper order, according to Capcom themselves (or at least, what it says on the game disc itself haha).

Lol, fair enough and you're right Survivor 2 is a right pain up the proverbial.

Have fun with it my friend!

Unlike the Speedgamers charity Resident Evil marathon, Newbot's effort is not complete without ALL the canon Resident Evil/Biohazard games, so won't be as good as the SPEEDGAMERS Resident Evil marathon which included GAIDEN, after confirmation with CAPCOM (not Newsbot!) that GAIDEN is a canon game. Capcom even signed some GAIDEN memorabelia to be given away as a prize to donators during the marathon. So, as confimed by Capcom themselves, for the Speedgamers charity RE marathon, Gaiden needs to be put in there for this to be a complete timeline and to be taken seriously.

Gaiden is not canon, it's not made by Capcom. Just because some goon from Capcom signed something that in itself does not legitimise the game.

As a 3rd party made the game, i.e not Capcom it cannot be considered canon until directly stated. EG: When Barry  met Leon on the SS Starlight in..."

If that's the opening speil of Resident Evil 6, then yes Gaiden becomes canon. But not on my watch.

GAIDEN is canon, and accepted as such by most RE fans, just a small minority seem overly bitter about it!!!

QUOTE" some goon from Capcom" - it was actually their European Head of marketing, and no one would take you as a higher authority than him, or even the janitor at Capcom! Yours is an opinion, not to be taken as the authorised take on Gaiden.

Let the fans decide, and we did! Oh, and why not add a charitable cause like we did at SPEEDGAMERS ?

The Gaiden debate is a long and thorough one. And honestly do you think the head of marketing at Capcom would actually know if one of their products is official canon? Very unlikely.

It's not a competition between speedgamers.

Also I think most fans believe Gaiden to be non canon.

Hey Judah. Gaiden isn't canon, sorry. I won't be including it.

The American Head of Marketing thinks Barry died in RE1. Try again.

Well according to the 1000s of Resi fans that participated in and donated to the speedgamers Resi marathon, Gaiden is canon, and even the profanity from our moron admin freak can't change their opinion! Newsbot's rude ramble can't change the opinion of those fans who know Gaiden is canon, which is why we don't need to use profanity. Thanks to all those that donated at the speedgamers RE marathon, hope Newsbot gives you guys the same opportunity.

I think its more plausible that those 1000s are, I dunno, not as adept at the series timeline as we are?

And no there will be no donations or charities involved in this. You appear to have the wrong idea about what this is.

If you want to argue about the Gaiden's cannonicity (and I would like to point out to all invovled to look up the meaning of gaiden), do it in another thread. I believe there is more than one already in existence.

A few notes:

1.  I've found a few RE fans who consider Gaiden canon.  Most, in my experience, do not.

2.  The European Head of Marketing has no say in matters of continuity.  His (or her?) only job is to convince Europeans to buy Capcom games, and Capcom-licensed games.  It's in his best interest to convince people to buy Gaiden, whether it's "official" or not.

3.  I consider Neptune a higher authority than the janitor at Capcom.

4.  It doesn't matter if a million people contributed to the Speedgamers marathon.  Maybe they were interested in all the other RE games being played.

5.  When you start calling people morons and freaks in a public thread that they started, you've lost.

6.  Charity has nothing to do with Gaiden's canonicity.

7.  If you want to start a charity playthrough of your own, you are welcome to do so.  In fact, I encourage it.

8.  The ending of Gaiden is directly contradicted by RE4.

9.  Just curious: does the Speedgamers marathon include a viewing of Degeneration?  Because if it doesn't, you need to stop whining about completeness.

10.  Making lists is easier than making paragraphs.

11.  Hieronymus is Resident Evil's equivalent to Mohammad, ergo not only are depictions of him prohibited but he is the final authority above Neptune, News Bot, Project Umbrella, and even Capcom. His shahadah is "There is no truth in Resident Evil but Virology, and Hieronymus is the Virologist of Resident Evil. "

My only concern with this, Paul, is your proposed starting date.  I'm sure that you are working this around your schedule, but if you want to involve others and make it a community event, two days before Christmas might not be the best time.  Any chance of starting it a bit later, say the 27th?

No problem at all. The date I gave is subject to change anyway haha.

The "moron" remark was in reply to being sworn at by Newsbot (we have since made up I hope) for my opinion. An opinion, not that children should be shot, but that Gaiden is canon, not full stop, just in my opinion, that is equal and not inferior to anyone else's - and I was strongly sworn at for this on a FAN website.   With respect, I treat Gaiden as canon, I understand & appreciate why others do not, but as I live in the real world I obviously know Hieronymus is a chap, perhaps from England or the US, who likes Resident Evil very much indeed, no more, no less, and is no more an authority on Resident Evil than me, or anyone else. Unless of course he sets up some sort of fascist web site, which has no respect for other fans of equal standing & knowledge! With or without Gaiden, Newsbot's effort is staggering and its accuracy (Gaiden debate aside) is 100% I can't wait to see it streamed & I wish I could play too!

Can one man complete such a task alone? And can one man cope with the horrific surroundings of Survivor ? If anyone can Newsbot can, and I can't wait for it to be done properly - the speedgamers are great but are not authorities at all on Resident Evil and they would not claim to be part of our Biohazard world any more than another game they raise $ for. Newsbot will give the series a proper journey through all relevant episodes, so we won't get to see Leon turn up in RE4 as an injured bio-weapon - sorry ' lovers! (don't say its ending please - have faith in even more survival horror) Newsbot I want to film it for prosperity, and thanks just for the list alone - which has seen me correct my own timeline of displayed RE games (I had put Survivor before CVX, but will defer to Newsbot's correct list - unless you meant survivor 2 Newsbot?) Does survivor2 add anything to CVX? 

One thing I've wondered about, someone break out the Stinger to shoot me down if I'm wrong, but doesn't Seperate Ways knock Assignment Ada down to non-canon mini-game status? The two seem to overlap and contradict each other far too much for both to be canon and Seperate Ways seems the more robust scenario. Then again, this is Resident Evil we're on about.

I'm going to wimp out of this one - RE2 Clare A scenario versus Darkside Chronicles RE2 chapters is already giving me canon headaches, I think you will need the aid of someone like Neptune (see his editorial on the Confidential reports) My initial thought would be that the more detailed & later edition would take precedence over a shorter, less detailed  earlier version - so maybe Seperate Ways has it ? But I think importantly no time lines are contradicted, as should be the case with darkside Chronicles - just who met whom, where & when (i.e Leon, Clare, Sherry & Ada) seems to all be mixed up again - help!

AA is semi canon in that it takes place before the last two chapters of SW (or in-between, can't remember) and details Ada's retrieval of the Subordinate Plaga samples, while SW focuses on her retrieval of the more important Control Plaga.

The Krauser fight isn't canon in AA, however.

Yeah you're rite Newsy, I remember discussing this with you,doesn't the end screen show Ada with the master and subordinate plagas in her attache case?

Also would AA be semi-canon in the same way Umbrella's End is, i.e the progress is canon, but the BOW's numbers she encounters is not? Could be wrong on this fact?

No, Umbrella's End is 100% canon, enemies and everything. The thing with the enemies is that Umbrella was falling back on old projects to sell, whether they were deemed failures or not. Designer products were the last thing they had in mind at that point.

AA is fully canon aside from the Krauser boss fight, basically it takes place before the "Stop Leon's Assassination" chapter. Ada makes her way to the control tower where she has the discussion with Krauser. Queue the SLA chapter.

I find it hard to accept that the enemies of Umbrella's End are canon, I mean if it were hunters, lickers, zombie and the dogs sure. But we have Neptunes, Ivys, web spinners and Eliminators? These are really old BOWs that serve minimal purpose to still be around.

I see what your saying with the BOW's but does the presence of Crimson Heads create a problem? Could they be realistically be sold as BOWs on the black market when lickers were just as easy to create?

AA makes sense now. lol

It makes sense to include Assignment Ada in that respect. Though shoudn't you technically be playing it between those chapters of Seperate Ways?

Just to be a picky bastard about it

I've been wanting to do this very same thing lately, but wasn't sure about the exact timeline.  This list is exactly what I needed. =D

THANKS Newsbot, this is exactly the sort of effort that will make PU stand tall. I AM EAGERLY awaiting this, and would happily contribute in any way possible.

Will you be adding any of the RE5Gold chapters (Spencer's Estate), if out in time ?

EDIT 19/12 : HOPE this is still around the corner Newsbot ?

Red 4. Red 4. This is Red 6.  SITREP. Over.

Hmm, I think I might leave this until the Summer, when Lost in Nightmares and Desperate Escape come out. Not sure, might start later today as well haha.

Wow.  And here I was expecting some sort of vague response.  Shows how much I know! 

I guess I don't have to stress myself out too much about getting my RE "Command Post" restablished then, huh?