Archive for August, 2018

August 14, 2018

Letter From Zee Prez

Howdy Munzeers!

It’s time for a quick update on the overall progress and direction of Munzee! Over the past few months we’ve made some changes to the game and been working behind the scenes on a new version of the app. While I don’t have all of the details to share with you today I’d like to give you some information to help you know where we are headed.

As we move toward the 4.0 version of the Munzee app we are preparing many things behind the scenes. One of those is a much needed update to the point structure. In the beginning there was one type of Munzee, affectionately nicknamed the greenie. Other types were added over time with each becoming more and more valuable. The greenie sat in the shadows even though it is the cornerstone to the game. I want you to know that we have a plan for greenie points and it’s going to be rolled out soon. We love the greenie as much as you do and want to return the cornerstone to it’s place in the sun! In the meantime we will continue to update the point structure of many other types. You may notice the majority of point updates have happened to physical Munzee types. There is a purpose behind that as we know physical gameplay accomplishes our goals to get people active and moving. You will see us continue to drive the physical portion of the game forward since it is the majority of deploys worldwide, and always will be. Thanks for your patience during this big point update project.

Munzee 4.0 is a very large project as well. We aren’t quite ready to put it in the hands of beta testers yet, but we are feeling good about the progress through our alpha testing recently. The app is getting a complete makeover while the functionality you’ve come to expect will remain intact. The core gameplay is our focus while we also cleanup many side menus and organize features in a better way. We think you’re really going to enjoy it and can’t wait to get it out there in the field being tested. Stay tuned for more updates including information about beta testing and changes before the full launch of version 4.0.

I hope you’ve been participating in the variety of ways Munzee offers through gameplay options. We have events put on by players all of the world. Participate in Clan wars and join a group of 10 worldwide players to compete monthly in order to try and reach goals and win prizes. Recruiting for monthly clan wars is open on the 1st and 2nd of each month. You can also challenge yourself to complete our daily and weekly ZeeOps to earn prizes. We have plans to continue updating and evolving each of these interactive styles of gameplay after 4.0 launches and we can focus on each individually.

There are portions of the game you may think we’ve forgotten about, but believe me when I say that we have not. Munzee is huge and an intricate tapestry so we have to work on it one piece at a time currently! Remember our theme for the year? The Time Is Now! We remember and we’re working hard every day to make updates and keep things fresh. Please help us by growing the game and growing the map! The future of Munzee is so bright and we have so many great things in store. We can’t do any of this without our amazing Munzee community and we remember that fact daily. You are our focus.

Please contact us with questions, suggestions, and issues. My apologies if we don’t respond to every suggestion because we receive so many that we are really working on. The great ones might even make it into the game! I look forward to meeting some of you at upcoming events and interacting with others online!

Munzee On!

Rob Vardeman
Munzee President and Chief Zee Officer 😉

August 13, 2018

Mystery Munzee Point Increase!

If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that we have slowly been rolling out point updates to a variety of different munzee types. We’re excited to announce that Mystery Munzee points are the latest to be updated! Starting NOW the points for Capturing, Deploying and Cap-Ons for Mystery and Mini Mystery Munzees has been increased to the following:

  • Deploy: 60
  • Capture and CapOn: Split 80 with a minimum of 20 as multiples of 5 (20/60, 30/50, 45/35, etc.)

With this point increase comes a merger of Mini Mysteries and Mysteries as well. Moving forward, both will just be called “Mysteries” regardless of their size**. Please note that this point increase is not retroactive, so past deploys and captures will not be increased.

In celebration of the new Mystery Munzee point structure we have a special offer in the Freeze Tag Online Store! From now until Wednesday at 23:59 MHQ if you buy two packs of Mystery Munzees (5 Pack) you’ll be given *additional stickers in each pack! To take advantage of this offer just buy a minimum of 2 Mystery Munzees in the online store, no code is necessary. Each additional set of 2 purchased will receive added free stickers.

The prevailing theory is that all these recent point increases are linked to the development of Munzee 4.0- and you wouldn’t be wrong in thinking that! Others seem to think the point increases are a drive to promote the physical side of Munzee gameplay and we agree with that theory as well! So stay tuned for more information regarding 4.0, point increases and more.

Munzee on!

*Free stickers will be a minimum $5 value for each order of 2 Mystery Munzee packs. They will be a mix of generic and pre-coded Munzee type stickers.
**Developer side note: the Munzee type code for mystery and minimystery has been combined and only one survives. This note is for those API developers who understand, the rest of us have no need to worry about this line. 😉

August 10, 2018

Premium Sale Extended!

We have extended our 10% off sale on Premium Munzee Memberships to Monday at 10:00 MHQ. You can purchase your membership in the Freeze Tag Online Store HERE.

One of the many features available to Premium members is the ability to add photos to the Munzees you capture. This gives both the owner of the Munzee and other players the chance to see how much fun you had finding it! It is especially fun for those myths and alternamyths!

We’ll have some news next week regarding a special photo contest specific to adding photos to Munzees. So you might want to take advantage of the membership while it’s on sale! Again, we’ll have more information next week, but get ready to say cheese!

Thank you all and Munzee on!

August 9, 2018

MH-BOO Bash Locations!

We’re excited to tentatively* announce event locations for our MH-BOO Bash weekend! We’re still in the planning phases for the particular activities at each event, but we wanted to make sure everyone could start deploying in the areas ahead of time! Event pin indicators will be added soon when exact locations can be finalized.

The schedule is as follows:

Haunted Hangout- Friday October 26, 2018
McKinney Performing Arts Center- McKinney, TX
Registration Night
Event Details: https://calendar.munzee.com/MHQ5Fri/ 

Werewolf WalkingSaturday October 27, 2018 (AM)
Bonnie Wenk Dog Park- McKinney, TX
Saturday Morning Activity
Event Details: https://calendar.munzee.com/MHQ5SatAM/

WallaBoo!- Saturday October 27, 2018 (Late morning/Afternoon)
Bonnie Wenk Dog Park- McKinney, TX
Saturday Morning WallaBee Hangout
Event Details: https://calendar.munzee.com/MHQWallaBash2/

Monster Mash- Saturday October 27, 2018 (PM)
Warren Park- Frisco, TX
Saturday Evening Hangout
Event Details: https://calendar.munzee.com/MHQ5SatPM/

Trick ‘R Trot RaceSunday October 28, 2018
Celebration Park- Allen, TX
Sunday Farewell and 3K Walk/Jog/Run/Ride/Cap
Event Details: https://calendar.munzee.com/MHQ5Sun/

You can purchase your MH-BOO Bash packages in the Freeze Tag Online Store. Remember that in order to guarantee availability of all items in packages, online registration will close on September 17, 2018 at 15:00 MHQ time. Packages will be available for purchase at the event, but we cannot guarantee all items will be available.

Please purchase only one package per person who will be attending. Everyone must have at least the free package. If you have a joint account, please purchase a package for each person (they do not have to be the same type of package). Remember, even if you can’t make it to MH-BOO Bash you can deploy Virtual Munzees at the event locations. It’s still a bit early for the temporary virtuals but we will give you a reminder when that time approaches.

We can’t wait to see everyone for a scary good time!

*All locations and activities are subject to change before the event due to issues out of our control. We will update locations and information as soon as possible if this occurs. 

August 8, 2018

Premium Munzee Point Update, Discounted Premium Memberships, and More!

We’re excited to announce that we have increased the points for Premium Munzees! Starting NOW the points for Capturing, Deploying and Cap-Ons for Premium Munzees has been increased to the following:

  • Deploy: 200
  • Capture: 50
  • CapOn: 50

Remember that you can only receive a Premium Munzee with the purchase of an annual Premium Membership.

We have also extended the Premium badge line as well. So if you have been a Premium Member since we started the program you’ll have the possibility to earn a few more badges. These badges (one for each year of renewal) are retroactive and you can earn them now! They are not actually earned based on number of years as a Premium Member, but instead by the number of Premium Munzees you have deployed. If you have Premium credits in your account, NOW is the time to get them deployed!

To celebrate we are having a Premium Membership sale! Starting NOW Premium Munzee Memberships will be 10% off in the Online store until Friday at 10:00 MHQ. To sweeten the pot, all Premium Members will receive a Golden Carrot Evolution Munzee credit on Friday at 10:00 MHQ. Golden Carrots will also see a point increase at that time.

Golden Carrot Seed
Deploy: 50
Capture: 50
CapOn: 25

Golden Carrot Plant
Capture: 75
CapOn: 50

Golden Carrot
Capture: 100
CapOn: 75

If you are interested in renewing your Premium account (and earning another premium credit and the other goodies again) you can do so HERE.

Upgrade your existing Munzee account to a Premium Membership and enjoy a unique set of perks! For $30/year you will currently* receive the following:

  • Premium Munzee – This munzee is only available to Premium members and is worth 200 deployment and 50 capture and 50 CapOn points.
  • Motel Munzee credit – This munzee is only available to Premium members through the store, you may purchase up to 5 per month.
  • 4 MVM – These munzees can be deployed in places where it is impossible to hide a physical munzee. They are virtual. Deploy in app or via the online map.
  • Social Munzee – Besides being location-less and mobile, the Social Munzee can be branded with your own custom logo (500 pixels x 500 pixels).
  • Expanded user stats – Go behind the scenes with detailed munzee activity stats that you can view and share with other users.
  • First access (usually distributed for free) to many brand new products.
  • App Ad Removal Option under settings in app
  • Advanced Filters
  • and more!

*We like to keep this fresh so we reserve the right to substitute/add/change/tweak this program with no advance notice. The value will always remain the same, or be higher!

Once purchased you will receive your Premium Munzee as a credit, to be added when you deploy a munzee. Your Motel, MVMs, Social, and expanded stats will be immediately available on your account as well. If you are renewing your premium membership it will add 365 days to the end of your current expiration date.

We appreciate all of our Premium players and especially those who renew each year! If you have never become a premium member, NOW is the time to give it a try! Maybe even check out the Premium Personal Munzee with a discounted price now?!?

Munzee on!

August 6, 2018

Birthday Events Wrap Up!

Wow, thank you all for keeping me on my toes in July – if I wasn’t cycling up mountains I was busy working on all your events!

There were 77 birthday events across the world and the event indicator pins of those events were captured a total of 2963 times!

We gave away 3,108 new Emeralds that were deployed in new gardens all over the world.

I hope you enjoyed the events, I saw some really great artwork going out and was jealous of some of those cool badges! Thank you as always to Trish, I’m constantly amazed at the standard of her art and creativity!

Thank you everybody for your support with Munzee Events and Munzee On,
Louise x

August 1, 2018

August 2018 Flat Schedules

After a successful birthday month August is here and we’ve got a new Flat Friends schedules for you!

Flat Rob

  • Saturday, August 4th at 00:01 MHQ time until Saturday, August 4th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Friday, August 10th at 00:01 MHQ time through Saturday, August 11th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Thursday, August 23rd at 00:01 MHQ time through Sunday, August 26th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Wednesday, August 29th at at 00:01 MHQ time through Friday, August 31st at 23:59 MHQ time

Flat Matt

  • Thursday, August 2nd at 00:01 MHQ time through Wednesday, August 8th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Monday, August 13th at 00:01 MHQ time through Tuesday, August 14th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Thursday, August 16th at 00:01 MHQ time through Sunday, August 19th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Sunday, August 26th at 00:01 MHQ time until Sunday, August 26th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Tuesday, August 28th at at 00:01 MHQ time through Wednesday, August 29th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • August 31st at 00:01 MHQ time until August 31st at 23:59 MHQ time

Flat Lou

  • Friday, August 3rd at 00:01 MHQ time through Sunday, August 5th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Sunday, August 12th at 00:01 MHQ time through Tuesday, August 14th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Thursday, August 16th at 00:01 MHQ time through Monday, August 20th at 23:59 MHQ time
  • Thursday, August 30th at at 00:01 MHQ time through Friday, August 31st at 23:59 MHQ time