July 1, 2006 - Event News: XIV Role Playing Games Meeting - 11:41 AM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. This weekend is a proud one for Ghostbusters International®. Our Brazilian franchise, Paranormal Labs will be attending the first international convention (international for those of us who are outside South America) that we have promoted. CEO Dr. Vinicius Ayres and his staff* will be appearing at XIV Role Playing Games Meeting in ila Mariana - Sao Paulo / SP this weekend. We're sure that Vinicius and his staff will represent their franchise and Ghostbusters International® well while having a good time. *Ghostbusters International® can't be held responsible for a change in a franchise's schedule. July 3, 2006 - Site News: Archives - 4:19 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. The news for June 2006 has been archived. Speaking of the archives, we spent this afternoon also applying the "minor design changes" to the archives from January-May 2006. We'll also have more news and updates from this past weekend coming up. July 3, 2006 - Site News: Corporate & FAQ - 4:28 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. You would think because it was the 4th Of July weekend in the US that I would have taken a nice long break from work. Maybe by relaxing and doing things that have nothing to do with this business. Depending on your point of view or the workload, a Ghostbuster is just about always on duty. When I wasn't dealing with the standard classes, I was at my desk (first at work, then at home) working on content for this site. I applied the "minor design changes" to our F.A.Q and Corp. HQ areas this past Saturday. I spent the most time on our corporate area by improving on it. There are new exterior pictures of Ghostbusters International® Corporate Headquarters as well as interior shots. July 3, 2006 - Site News: Media - Wallpapers - 5:12 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Yesterday, Patrick aka HoustonGB sent us the final logos of "GBI Earth," which were based on the promotional banners created by staff advisor Kevin Kemarly. They like the web banners can be used for promotional purposes. We'll add them to our media area once we apply the design changes and further improve our media section. 800 x 600 GBI UFO, 1024 x 768 GBI UFO, 800 x 600 GBI Earth, 1024 x 768 GBI Earth July 3, 2006 - Fan News: Retro Ghøstbusters PC Game - 6:37 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Last month on June 10th we told you that retroremakes.com had about 5 game developers who were making retro versions of the original Ghostbusters game. Since then it seems three game makers have moved on, while the two best (in our opinion) teamed up so they can make the best retro Ghostbusters game possible. According to Trevor (Smila) the graphics are done, the coding is being worked on by Scottige, and Trevor feels the game should be done soon. They even released the cover art. We're not sure if that's the final cover art, however so far we really like it. As part of it was based on cover art for the last comic book series. July 3, 2006 - Site News: The Real Ghøstbusters International Promo - 10:01 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Media advisor to Ghostbusters International®, Robert Knippels gave us permission to post his copy of The Real Ghostbusters promotional commercial that aired in The Netherlands. We know its not the best copy, when a more direct to computer method is available, Robert will let us know. It'll be in our media area once we apply the design changes and further make improvements. In the meantime you can also watch it in our The Real Ghostbusters area. He also seems to have a "treasure trove" of other media he'll be sharing with us once its been encoded. We're looking forward to that. July 5, 2006 - Event News: XIV International RPG Meeting Recap - 8:19 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Dr. Vinicius Ayres has written his recap report from the XIV International RPG Meeting which was held this past weekend. Here's what Dr. Ayres had to say: "After very hard work at the International RPG Meeting, this weekend, I can report that we did a great job. We went to the place, a huge, old school. It has 5 floors and more than 3 courts. A large area to scan and bust ghosts. We faced many strange creatures like "Beholders", (see picture below) a black guy with armor known as "Sauron," (Why does the name sound so familiar? - Richard ) some Drows, vampires, dwarves, and other such strange creatures. Even "Joker" was there, fighting Batman and Catwoman. We found some beautiful fairies, Elven girls and women. (What wonderful creatures...) The day ended with many full traps, an almost destroyed ghosthead, (me - who held the pack on my back for more than 13 hours with a maximum of 20min. to rest!!!!) That's dedication - Richard and even placed third in a costume contest." Congratulations to Dr. Vinicius Ayres and his staff for all their hard work and for placing in the top 3 in that contest. We do hope you asked the judges, 'We were suppose to wear costumes?" July 5, 2006 - Event News: AnimeFriends & AnimeCon 2006 (Brazil) - 8:44 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Dr. Vinicius Ayres, CEO of Paranormal Labs and his staff* will be attending AnimeFriends on Sunday, July 16, 2006. They'll also be attending AnimeCon 2006 on Sunday, July 23, 2006. For more information, please see our Events area and the conventions websites. *Ghostbusters International® can't be held responsible for a change in a franchise's schedule. *Ghostbusters International® nao pode ser responsabilizado por mudancas no calendario de uma franquia. July 5, 2006 - Site News: Events Section Updated - 8:53 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Knowing we'd be posting news about upcoming conventions for July it made sense to apply the "minor design changes" and improve upon our Events section. While we were working on it, we added two new conventions. Please see the updates above or in our events section. July 5, 2006 - Event News: Ghostbusters Day (Rome, Italy) - 9:31 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Last month on June 10th we told you about Ghostbusters Day which is being put together by Matteo Persica, webmaster of the Ghostbusters Italian Fan Club. This morning I read a post from Matteo promoting the official Ghostbusters Day website. Here's what Matteo had to say: (loosely translated) "Hello to all! The site, ghostbustersday.com is nearly on-line. You are connected and you will discover all of what's new on Ghostbusters Day! For information: info@ghostbustersday.com. 'Report All Ghosts!'" - Matteo Persica In Italian: Ciao a tutti! Il sito ghostbustersday.com è quasi on-line. Collegatevi e scoprirete tutte le novità sul Ghostbusters Day! Per informazioni: info@ghostbustersday.com 'Report All Ghosts!'" - Matteo Persica July 6, 2006 - Site News: Join & List Areas Updated - 12:31 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. We've applied the minor design changes to our Join and List sections. With our Join area we've also made improvements and added new pictures. July 7, 2006 - Site News: New Message Board Theme - 12:25 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. With the "minor design changes" going on with this site, we wanted the forums to have a look that would compliment our website. The new theme, Counterstrike: Red is not 100% it. However, it comes close. Unlike previous themes, we have a lot of custom board icons thanks to Ghostbusters International® Staff Advisor Kevin K. We're still tinkering some with this new theme's layout. Counterstrike: Red will be the new default theme, not the only theme available. Forum users can still use Note Board. Previous themes will be deleted from our servers. July 8, 2006 - Event News: San Diego Comic Con 2006 - 2:54 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Last month on June 22 we updated our Events area for July. Which included San Diego Comic Con taking place the weekend of July 20th in San Diego, California. At the time we didn't know if our California franchises and field agents would be in attendance at all. After getting in touch with Bryan Fear, CEO of West Coast Ghostbusters, we can confirm* that at least his franchise will be there. If that doesn't help to make San Diego Comic Con good, it gets better. A while back Ghostbusters International® learned that G4 TV (check your local listings for cable line up) will be filming live from the convention. This is a great opportunity for Ghostbusters International® to get recognition and publicity. If you're apart of Ghostbusters International® and will be there or you're a fan who may be considering joining GBI and happen to get interviewed by G4 TV (most likely live) we'd love if you plug Ghostbusters International®, talking briefly about it. And for those of who who can't be there, we're looking for footage of our members, especially if you're interviewed by G4 TV. If you encode your video footage for use by us, we'd definitely appreciate it. Please let us know during the weekend of the con or after by email or on our forums if you can help with that. If you'll be attending San Diego's Comic Con or any convention, check out our Forms and Promotional areas for things you can hand out and might need in case you end up taking a case while having fun. *Ghostbusters International® can't be held responsible for a change in a franchise's or field agent's schedule. San Diego Comic Con 2006 discussion thread. July 8, 2006 - Project News: Making Ghostbusters - 4:09 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Ghostbusters International® decided last year to begin what was a secret project. Why a secret? We had no time table for this and we didn't want to announce something we weren't going to finish anytime soon. The project is to take Making Ghostbusters by Don Shay and put it This may be a long term project, your help will be greatly appreciated. Making Ghostbusters [Project] Discussion thread. July 9, 2006 - Site News: Forms, Promotions, Training Manual - 3:13 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. We updated our Forms area by not only applying the minor design changes, but updating our letter head and adding the Franchise Survey form. Since we've been talking about our Promotional material recently, we updated that section slightly and added the minor design changes. In the future we'll be offering promotional posters for use too. Also as the Official Ghostbusters Training Manual is linked in that section, we added the minor design changes there as well. Speaking of "minor design changes," we only have to apply them to a couple of more existing major areas. After that, the small changes will be added quietly (actually some have been already) to other areas of the site. July 9, 2006 - Site News: Media Area & Promotional Areas Updated - 6:51 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Not only did we apply the minor design changes to our Media section, we added the new wallpapers area and updated our commercials with The Real Ghostbusters international commercial which aired in The Netherlands. For the first time in a long time you can download an updated version of our first recruitment drive poster in our Promotional area. Its not hi res, however a hi res (an older version) poster is available for purchase from our Cafe Press store. July 10, 2006 - Site News: Staff Area - 12:01 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. For some reason our Staff section was never mentioned when it was created earlier this year. However, it had been accessible through the navigation graphics which are at the top of each area. This morning we applied the last of the major, minor design changes and added one new staff profile. July 11, 2006 - Event News: Gen Con Indy 2006 - 3:58 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Andrew, CEO of Indiana Ghostbusters and/or his staff,* and CEO/Staff Advisor Kevin Kemarly* of The Onarga Ghostbusters will be at Gen Con: Indy the weekend of August 10-13, 2006. If you're apart of Ghostbusters International® or just a ghosthead who might be suited up, let us know by either emailing us or posting in our Gen Con: Indy 2006 thread. *Ghostbusters International® can't be held responsible for a change in a franchise's or field agent's schedule. Gen Con: Indy 2006 discussion thread. July 11, 2006 - Fan News: Ghostbusters In 3D? - 5:59 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. It started with a 3D "no ghost" logo by ghosthead, Gh0stbuster. It progressed into a walking in place animated version of our "no ghost" logo. Then yesterday, Gh0stbuster posted something new, a movie teaser/trailer of a "what if" if Ghostbusters was remade in 3D. Thanks so much to Gh0stbuster for allowing us to host it. 3D "no ghost" thread at ghostbusters.net. July 12, 2006 - Fan News: Ghostbusters In 3D Movie Poster, New DVD Covers - 4:08 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Gh0stbuster created a 3D version poster IF Ghostbusters was ever remade in 3D. Think that's awesome, check out Gh0stbuster's custom DVD Covers for both Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II as well as The Real Ghostbusters.
Gh0stbuster's DVD Covers thread at ghostbusters.net. July 12, 2006 - Fan News: GBHQ Design A DVD Cover - 4:50 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Troy aka Netsolo, webmaster of Ghostbusters HQ is having a contest to design DVD covers to use for the Ghostbusters films and The Real Ghostbusters. The winners will receive a copy of "hard to find Ghostbusters rarities." If that sounds good, have your submissions ready July 28, 2006. For more information, see this thread at the Ghostbusters HQ message board. July 14, 2006 - Franchise News: PKE Levels On The Move - 12:25 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops The Onarga Ghostbusters along with many other franchises have been experiencing unusual PKE levels. Dr. Egon Spengler is currently in Onarga for a first hand look. Earlier today (Yesterday, July 13th) Dr. Spengler posted the following: “I had hoped it wouldn't come to this...but I believe that what is happening is bad. I've consulted with Ray about it, and all of the signs seem to be matching one unavoidable conclusion: Essentially, much of the PKE in Earth's ectosphere is being drawn to Onarga." The high saturation of PKE stemming from the Odin incident (Onarga's first case file) started a long term chain reaction in the area. Summer Solstice 2006 provided enough energy to bring the reaction to critical mass, creating a positive feedback loop: the high PKE causes slime pools to form which in turn attract more PKE causing more slime pools. Hence the loop for those of you who aren't in the business. "It draws the energy throughout the entire ectosphere to a single point and unless its stopped the results could be catastrophic on a geological level.” - Dr. Egon Spengler "In other words, the Big Twinkie" - Winston Zeddemore We had been hearing from a concerned public as the S.A.C.C level had been red since last month, wondering if we had lowered it yet. With Ghostbusters International® in a state of heightened alert, S.A.C.C levels will remain at Red. To our clients and the public in general a solution is currently being worked on. If you're interested on how this developed and how the situation will play out, see this thread for much more. July 14, 2006 - Site News: Ivan Reitman Called Ron & Fez - 4:25 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops On July 12 while some of us in the office were listening to our radio buddies, Ron & Fez, Ron asked his radio partner, Fez "Marie" Whatley what the following movies had in common: Meatballs, Stripes, Ghostbusters, and more currently My Super-Ex Girlfriend. The answer of course is that all these films were directed by Ivan Reitnan. Mr. Reitman called in to talk about his newest movie, why he wanted to work on this film and NYC movies. Of course when talking about NY movies, Ghostbusters naturally comes up. Thanks to Ron & Fez, XM Satellite Radio, and something called Syndication Underground (whatever that is) we were able to isolate the interview to share with our clients, employees, and every ghosthead. Ron & Fez can be heard on XM Satellite Radio's High Voltage channel 202 live weekdays from 12-3 PM ET. July 17, 2006 - Site News: Ghostbusters International's® Tobin's Spirit Guide - 5:47 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. "In the 1920s John Horace Tobin spent 20 years risking life, limb and sanity to gather true accounts of human encounters with the paranormal. His travels covered the world, and his lively, informal style earned him fame and recognition wherever he journeyed. Thanks to the determination, courage and incredible unselfishness of the staff at Ghostbusters International®, this all-but forgotten diamond in the gem-fields of the occult has been reprinted" and put on-line. Special thanks to Bryan Fear, CEO of West Coast Busters for scanning this out of print publication for Ghostbusters International®. Tobin's Spirit Guide discussion thread July 21, 2006 - Site News: Ghostbusters International® Map - 12:41 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. With all the great content on this site, how would our clients, employees, and the fan base find it without a single directory to organize and link to it all? It would practically be impossible, even to those of us who run ghostbustersinternational.com. Long ago we created what most professional websites alread have, a site map. This past week we finished updating areas of this site which would lead to the major updating of our site map. Which you'll be able to find a link for in the bottom left hand corner in every area of this site. July 22, 2006 - Event News: Conventions Happenings - 12:55 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. This weekend Ghostbusters International® is proud to promote the ongoings of AnimeCon which is being attended by Dr. Vinicius Ayres, CEO of Paranormal Labs and his staff*. Thousands of miles away in San Diego, CA, Bryan Fear, CEO of West Coast Busters and his staff* are at San Diego Comic Con International. As if our WCGB were the only ghostbusters there, IGN took a picture of "the guys who mean business." *Ghostbusters International® can't be held responsible for a change in a franchise's or field agent's schedule. July 22, 2006 - Related News: OCC Builds Bill Murray A Chopper - 1:26 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. I usually don't post non club related news, besides its usually covered by the news sites first. In fact, protoncharging.com posted this after I "broke the story," however I didn't make time to post about it here. Even though I talked about this on just about every one of the message boards. Regardless, here's the deal: One of my favorite TV shows is American Chopper. While recently checking to see what the upcoming schedule would be, in a bold large font that should almost be outlawed, one name stuck out: Bill Murray. Reading the episode description, the guys at Orange County Chopper will be (have already) building a Caddyshack themed chopper based on Bill's character, Carl. If that wasn't cool enough, "Bill Murray comes to the shop once fabrication gets under way to pitch in and help the guys." Sounds like "must see TV" to us. The Bill Murray episode airs on The Discovery Channel (least in the US) on August 7, 2006 at 10 PM EDT. It will re-air at 2:00 AM EDT on August 8, 2006. If you missed it by then or want to catch it again, it will re-run on August 14, 2006 at 7:00 PM EDT. Part 2 of "The Caddyshack Bike" will air for the first time at 10:00 PM EDT the same night. Where we'll see this chopper auctioned off at a golf tournament to benefit the St. Vincent's Mobile Hospital. OCC builds a chopper for Bill Murray July 24, 2006 - Site News: The Real Ghostbusters - Adventures in Slime and Space - 3:52 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. We know its been a little over a month since the last time we aired a "new" episode of The Real Ghostbusters. Now that other existing updates to the site are complete, we can get back to some enjoyable updates, under the guise that we're actually working. In what other job can I spend two hours plus writing about a cartoon that's about 22 minutes in length? Exactly. Egon invents another piece of ghostbusting technology that doesn't quite work right. Not a problem really until it malfunctions making copies of little Slimers who end up everywhere! Can The Real Ghostbusters figure out how to get their Slimer back before NYC turns into Slimes Square? And the mayor is ready to send them all to Pittsburgh? Either way it sure to be an adventure in slime and space. Adventures in Slime and Space discussion thread July 26, 2006 - Company News: Employment Opportunities - 3:14 PM EDT Posted By: Human Resources Ghostbusters International® has employment opportunities available in our internet media and journalism departments. For more information about these employment opportunities, please see our employment area. Thank you. July 26, 2006 - Site News: Media Area - Extreme GBI - 3:42 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. We're preparing our Extreme Ghostbusters section where July 26, 2006 - Site News: Promotional Area - New Business Cards - 5:12 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Based on our promotional banners created by staff advisor Kevin Kemarly, he created a personal business card which was adapted for international use by Ghostbusters International®. The Photoshop file of the business card can be downloaded by our franchises and field agents. July 27, 2006 - Site News: New Wallpapers - 1:17 PM EDT Posted By: Richard Roy, Director Of Ghostbusting Ops. Thanks to staff advisor Kevin Kemarly we have two new designs we've put towards wallpapers. We know they're sweet and outside of their original use, will look awesome as your destop background. Both are the original "no ghost" logos, one that's been slimed, the other with a nightime neon look.
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