So by your logic it’s totally cool to call myself ProtonCharger and totally ignore you and the fact that you exist? Cool. I’ll get right on that.
You contacted them personally? I would be very interested to see exactly what they said. Could you forward that in an email to me?
Enough. This is absolutely enough.
The fact of the matter is that without record I can not see if thier reaction of deleting your messages were justified or not. Especially with how Shannon has been acting lately I can only imagen what was said. Even though ProtonCharger brings up his point in a fairly rough way, he has brought up a good point.
Also, I don’t know if you guys noticed, but thier name is entirely different. And no where in thier films are they claiming to be you. They’re not using your logo, thier not even using completed props. Have you ever stopped to think that it was just a group of friends doing some fun videos?
No, it seems you blew your loads all over the idea that someone might be pissing on your imagenary territory. What seperates us from the rigid dictatorship of the 501 is our ability to take Franchises as a light hearted FUN activity. A loose sense of bonding over ghostbusters.
It’s pretty damn clear these guys did it for the fun of it, and maybe to win something while doing it. They’re fans, if I were them and some random nerd I’ve never heard about came in and started blowing his gasket over some imagenary “franchises” I delete the comment too, hell I’d feel I had every right to be as hostel as I wanted.
So it stops here. Everything after this post is, “Yeah Dan you’re right. We’re just being silly. Sorry about that temporary relapse in judgement.”
Seriously, don’t take something that is supposed to be fun and make it into a pissing contest with people who arn’t even here.
I agree with ProtonCharger and Dan AKA.
But if someone starts a Franchise called Ghostbusters Fans.. I will be pissed!
yeah dan you’re right but, not about the lapse in my judgment. also aj and kissimme gb is right for agreeing with me
go for it, ive been doing it for 10 years now. i never heard anything from castewar about it either, and im an entirely different beast.
I actually thought you were a website.
now you know why i get so mad when people find out my name. im a sentient webspace that refers to himself as the first man. that hal 9000 guy has nothing on me.
Well, that’s why we called ourselves the Steel City Ghostbusters with “Pittsburgh Ghostbusters” being a fictitous former franchise that grew into our franchise. There is GB Nightsquad, and they are PA based near Pittbsurgh, and the Philly GB’s and we have no problems with anyone. I think Dan is saying their attitude is what upset him. Sad fact is if someone in the Burgh decided to use our logo etc, we don’t have a legal leg to stand on. The thing that would worry me (and maybe it does Dan) is we are trying to start doing charity stuff on a nickle and dime budget and if we are doing good stuff and some @ssholes are out being drunk and disorderly and call themselves Steel City Ghostbusters that is a real problem as it could impede out charity work (following in the footsteps of the AZ group).
This is true BUT if you want trouble, all you have to do is ask! Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
As for this whole “2 franchises with similar names” business, I understand where both Dan and Charger are coming from. On one hand, these franchises are just fantasy, so if someone wanted to move in on your operation, there’s no way of stopping them. On the other hand, if someone decides to do that to you, they could destroy your reputation if you are trying to do charity work and what not.
We here at the Ghostbusters: Cleveland Branch (GBCB, not to try to steal anyones’ thunder; it is just a catchy nickname we needed) tried to contact the Cleveland Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters: Cleveland and any other franchise in the Cleveland area. No one contacted us back, so we came up with our own name and tried to get certified by GBI. I’m still waiting on a GBI certificiation email, but we still do operate. Just throwin’ that in there…
I contacted GBI last year. we’ll operate with our without their blessing. Almost forgot Lehigh Valley–they are in PA, too!
Dude, unfortunately, its the “Chicago way”.
They’re all about taking it from you saying they can do it better. Then eventually fail miserably at doing so.
And in the end, blame the other guys for the failure.
No matter the size, as small as a GB franchise, or as big as GM. they’ll find a way to mess things up 
I thought that the topic of discussion was over? Nobody has to prove anything; if someone wants to turn it into a pissing contest let 'em. Just drop it already and grow up. End of Discussion.
This is what you get for putting words like “division” or “section” or “branch” or “chapter” in your franchise name.
Hey Deaditebuster, Have we met?
Ok, first off, I’m sorry for anyone having franchise troubles. Nobody should be ignored, no matter what the context. Even if you have beef, just be honest and face it head on, that’s what I believe. That being said, I have to say that this thread cracks me up because the whole uproar is about “franchise overlap” or “naming rights” or whatever, when in reality it really doesn’t matter because we’re not really ghostbusters and we don’t really catch ghosts, and therefore are not legitimate businesses. If you’re an honest-to-god charity group, with tax exemptions and everything, then that’s a different story, but that’s usually not the case.
But I have to point out, if I’m not mistaken, that a certain group here decided to change their name, for personal, yet harmless reasons, and caught nothing but shit for it. The best part, is that the grief didn’t come from “name overlap”, or a nearby group who we were infringing upon. No, it came from people who really shouldn’t care and were just chiming in to be assholes. Honestly, it just saddens me, that’s all. Mostly because I used to love this site, because of the wealth of knowledge and information and because of the sense of community…or so I thought. Hell, the very first time I ever posted on this site, I put up pics of my flightsuit and you know what I got instead of compliments? “Ewww, why didn’t you get a truspec!!!” Yea, that’s a “hey kid, there’s no santa claus” kind of let down. And I’m sorry for straying from the true topic here, but I just couldn’t hold my tongue anymore. I’ve come very close to losing my interest in this hobby because every time I come here, I see, with my own eyes, the fun being sucked right out of an innocent and fun hobby, because of elitism, because of overzealousness, and because some people just take things way too seriously. Luckily I have a great group of friends who still love and enjoy this hobby and I still get a kick out of the reactions we get at conventions. There’s no better feeling than stepping into a con and getting dozens and dozens of pictures taken because they think “holy crap, it’s the ghostbusters!” I think people often forget this feeling, and the true nature of this hobby. I hope with everything I have that people can just stop being so serious and just remember that we’re all a bunch of grown-ass men playing pretend, and that it’s just a fun hobby. And it should stay that way…regardless of your age, sex, race, location, or “group name”…
Ok I’m done…
(in Patrick Star from Spongebob’s voice) Ghostbusters isn’t real? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! : P
Ok, this is an interesting read.
I faced something similar with the GBs of SLC. The CEO of the franchise had his core group of ten years plus. When I came into the group, I noticed that he did fanfilms with the core members, but called the rest of use for Fundraiser bits. This left about 4-6 of us feeling left out.
So, I approached him with the idea of me running a “B” squad under the GBs of SLC banner. We call ourselves the E.R.T. Division. It stood for Experimental Research Team. We basically build stuff that is more modern looking and stuff people are afraid of playing with. That is why our tag line is “Weird is part of the job.”
Myself and the CEO agreed that he is still in charge of the GBs of SLC and I direct all questions towards him.
I hold this helps a little bit with this discussion. Also, if they don’t want to play, just be polite when people ask about them. You will then look like the better group without bad mouthing them.
though it sounds from what you said like they’re claiming they are apart of another division of the same team, which, they arent.
no dice.
I gotta agree with PC, Dan and AJ on this one.
Get over it.
Try to come up with a more original name next time? Like um…fluffhooogen Ghostbusters543544
Exactly!
I applied for a business franchise license last month, still waiting for the ok. But pc and I have formed a team called The Left Overs, We even have a fan page on facebook and a website. The local group will focus on entertainment and other will be representing. I found out that there was a band called the Left Overs, two totally different ideas of entertainment. does that mean we’re changing the name? No, because they’re not even from the U.S.
And I agree and understand what pc is saying, He is wise and people should listen to him. If Yoda wore a proton pack and paragoggles.