Posts Tagged ‘special icons’

April 22, 2019

Earth Day Flash Sale and Planet Protection Tips!

Happy Earth Day from MHQ! To celebrate the day, we’re offering 22 percent off on all Earth Mystery Munzees for Earth Day, starting today at 15:00 MHQ time and lasting until 15:00 MHQ time tomorrow. You can stop by the Freeze Tag Online Store to shop this sale, and check out our Elemental Mystery Help Guide article for more information about Earth Mystery Munzees.

Last year, we had the pleasure of working with players to help plant 10,000 trees through the Earth Day Network‘s Canopy Project thanks to our Earth Day fundraiser! Players helped raise the money to accomplish this awesome feat through the sale of Earth Day Evolution Munzees and Earth Day personal tags. It was our pleasure to work with players to assist the goals of the Canopy Project, an organization that focuses on strengthening communities through tree planting.

With so many exciting projects in the works, we unfortunately didn’t have the time to plan any Earth Day fundraisers this year. However, we would still like to take the chance to share simple everyday ways you can improve and preserve our wonderful planet. Munzee is a real world scavenger hunt, and Freeze Tag places great value on preserving the outdoors and protecting the Earth. We love hearing about how eco-friendly so many of our players are, and we hope the following tips can help raise awareness about how to care for our planet!

20 Tips for Protecting the Planet: 

1. Follow in the footsteps of our Worldwide Events Manager Louise and bike more, drive less!

2. Cut down on meat and animal product intake. This doesn’t mean going vegetarian or vegan, just reducing the amount of animal products you consume. Try to have a weekly “vegetarian day” to dramatically reduce the amount of natural resources used to produce meat.

3. Reduce, reuse, recycle! This mantra should be a lifestyle. Be wary of the amount of waste you accumulate.

4. Plant a tree! This is a simple yet impactful way to improve the planet.

5. Purchase second hand items to reduce packing materials while also saving your money.

6. Be mindful of the products you use. Choose non-toxic chemicals so that you aren’t polluting the waterways.

7. Don’t waste paper products. Be conscious of how many tissues or napkins you take and how much paper towel and toilet paper you use. Only select as much as you need. Additionally, try to keep your business paperless and don’t waste notepads. Remember to recycle paper products.

8. Recycle your newspapers and junk mail. Rather than throw away unwanted or used paper items, such as newspapers and junkman, recycle them. You can also look into cancelling unwanted newspaper services and junk mail subscriptions.

9. Invest in energy efficient lightbulbs to cut down on greenhouse emissions, and be mindful of how many lights you leave on.

10. Be sensible about how you do your laundry. Consider using a clothesline to save power while drying your clothes. (This will also help them last longer!) Wait until your laundry is full to wash. Avoid doing half loads of laundry, and consider switching to a warm cycle rather than hot.

11. Be a smart shopper! Carry reusable bags wherever you go. Just say no to plastic.

12. Shower more, bathe less. Baths can be relaxing, but try to cut down on time spent in the tub since baths use approximately twice as much water as showers.

13. Conserve your water usage. The less water you use, the less wastewater will end up in the ocean.

14. Cut down on shower time. As little as two minutes of reduced shower time can make an enormous difference in water conservation.

15. Buy local produce when you are able to in order to cutdown on pollution that occurs when transporting goods long distance.

16. Get involved in community cleanups. Volunteer work is invaluable to Earth conservation.

17. Save your energy use (and cut down on your energy bill) by adjusting the temperature in your home and using a timer system for when you are out.

18. Use a travel mug for your daily beverage. This is an easy way to cut down on waste every day.

19. Pay your bills online to reduce the amount of paper waste you acquire. You can also cancel your paper bank statements and work on staying digital.

20. Educate those around you in a friendly manner. Help them understand why it’s important to value natural resources and how they can do so.

Thanks to National Ocean Service and 50 Ways to Help for helping us compile these important tips!

Happy Earth Day, and Munzee on!

December 27, 2018

Announcing The End Of The Recycling Munzee

Despite years of “Going Green” and “Cleaning Up The Map” it’s time to announce the retirement of the Recycle program. Although this initiative to locating missing or uncapped Munzees had great intentions certain limitations have kept it from fulfilling its overall purpose.

To give all of our players a final chance to earn Recycle Badges we’ll celebrate one last round of trash pickup starting NOW until December 31, 2018 at 23:59 MHQ.

Remember that Recycles land on physical munzees that have not been capped in the last 365 days.

The munzees that are affected include:

  • All Physical Jewels
  • Clan Weapons
  • Greenies
  • Physical Mysteries
  • Premium Munzees

As we take Recycles to the curb, rest easy knowing we’re cooking up some great ideas on how to enhance our map maintenance. Here’s a hint… it definitely has something to do with ZeeQRew. No news yet and no promises on anything in the next 1,000 hours, but as always Munzee teaches patience!

Enjoy these last days of the year (and Recycles) and as always Munzee On!

May 8, 2018

Custom Coexist Collection for GeoWoodstock!

Howdy, everyone!

Rob and Matt will be heading to GeoWoodstock 16 in Cincinnati at the end of the month. In the spirit of coexisting, we’re releasing a Custom Coexist Campaign Collection for players attending GeoWoodstock this year. This collection includes a custom t-shirt, a (special) custom referral card, and a Personal Munzee for $15.00 (plus tax).

While we aren’t releasing the full design quite yet, we wanted to show you the “promoter” sleeve that will be available for these specific shirts. You must be present at the Munzee GeoWoodstock event on May 25th (more details to come) to pick up the collection. No collections will be shipped, and other players cannot pick up your collection for you (unless you miss Friday night and get it Saturday morning). MUST PICK UP IN PERSON…NO EXCEPTIONS. Clear enough? 😉 Don’t order if you are not going to be there.

You must order by Thursday, May 17th at 10:00 MHQ time.

After GeoWoodstock, a worldwide Coexist Collection t-shirt will be made available in the Freeze Tag Online Store. (More information will be available regarding that after the event.)

We hope to see you at GeoWoodstock coexisting with us!

Munzee on!

April 27, 2018

May 2018 Clan Requirements

Level 1
Total Individual Points: 6,500
Total Clan Captures: 200
Total Clan Points: 85,000

Rewards: 1 Virtual Crossbow Munzee, 1 Mace Munzee, 1 MVM, 1 RPS Munzee, 1 Diamond Munzee, 1 Virtual Color

Level 2
Total Individual Captures: 30
Total Individual Points: 17,500
Total Clan Captures: 350
Total Clan Points: 170,000

Rewards: 2 Virtual Crossbow Munzees, 2 Mace Munzees, 1 Battle Axe Munzee, 2 MVMs, 2 RPS Munzees, 1 Diamond Munzee Credit, 1 Ruby Munzee Credit, 2 Virtual Colors

Level 3
Total Individual Captures: 75
Total Individual Points: 35,000
Total Clan Gaming* Captures: 10
Total Clan Captures (Includes Gaming*): 1,000
Total Clan Points: 400,000

Rewards: 3 Mace Munzees, 2 Battle Axe Munzees, 1 Catapult Munzees, 3 MVMs, 1 RPS Munzee, 1 Prize Wheel Munzee, 2 Diamond Munzee Credits, 1 Ruby Munzee Credit, 1 Aquamarine Munzee Credit, 3 Virtual Colors

Level 4
Total Individual Captures: 150
Total Individual Points: 50,000
Total Clan Gaming* Captures: 25
Total Clan Captures (Includes Gaming*): 2,500
Total Clan Physical Deploys: 100
Total Clan Points: 600,000

Rewards: 3 Battle Axe Munzees, 2 Catapult Munzees, 2 Longsword Munzees, 4 MVMs, 1 RPS Munzee, 1 Prize Wheel Munzee, 2 Diamond Munzee Credits, 2 Ruby Munzee Credits, 3 Aquamarine Munzee Credits, 4 Virtual Colors

Level 5
Total Individual Captures: 300
Total Individual Points: 75,000
Total Clan Gaming* Captures: 75
Total Clan Captures (Includes Gaming*): 5,000
Total Clan Physical Deploys: 250
Total Clan Points: 850,000

Rewards: 1 THE HAMMER, 2 Battle Axe Munzees, 2 Catapult Munzees, 3 Longsword Munzees, 5 MVMs, 2 RPS Munzees, 2 Prize Wheel Munzees, 1 Diamond Munzee Credit, 2 Ruby Munzee Credit, 4 Aquamarine Munzee Credits, 5 Virtual Colors


*Gaming Munzees include Prize Wheel Munzees and Rock Paper Scissors Munzees.

April 24, 2018

Earth Day Fundraiser Update!

We want to take a moment to thank everyone for helping make our Earth Day fundraiser another great example of the good our players can do! Through the sales of Earth Day Evolution Munzees and Earth Day personal tags we’ve proudly helped plant 10,000 trees through the Earth Day Network‘s Canopy Project!

The Canopy Project focuses to strengthen communities through tree planting. Using agroforestry, sapling distribution and tree care training, Earth Day Network empowers organizations and citizens to conserve, repair, and restore tree cover to their lands. Freeze Tag’s donation is part of the Earth Day Network’s goal of planting 7.8 billion trees — one tree for every person on earth — in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in 2020. According to the Earth Day Network, trees reverse the impacts of land degradation and provide food, energy and income, helping communities achieve long-term economic and environmental sustainability.

As a company focused on geolocation gaming, preserving the outdoors is extremely important to us. The work the Earth Day Network does to protect and preserve the environment is unmatched. We’re proud of the response of our players across the world who have once again shown their commitment to worthy causes.

Remember that if you deployed your Earth Day Evolution Seed Munzees when they first went on sale, those will have evolved to their final Tree forms by now so get out and cap others’ Tree Evos! Also keep in mind that this special will end at 23:59 MHQ time on May 13th, and all deploys will be archived regardless of the stage they have reached.

We hope you’ve enjoyed the Earth Day fundraiser specials and thank you once again! Go green and Munzee on!

April 6, 2018

Earth Day Charity Special Update

Howdy!

First off, we would like to thank you for your support of our Earth Day Charity Special. We love seeing players interact and help each other for deployments and captures, and it’s even better when it’s for a good cause.

Earth Day Evolutions will leave the Freeze Tag Online Store on Monday, April 9th at 10:00 MHQ time. This is to ensure that, if deployed immediately, they will be fully evolved by the time they leave the map so you get the most out of them. So if you haven’t purchased any Earth Day Evolutions yet, you still have time! Don’t forget there are badges for capping AND deploying these specials!

Also, keep an eye on the blog next week for more information about what charity we will be donating to.

Thanks again for being such a great community!

Munzee on!

March 29, 2018

Earth Day Charity Fundraiser Special!

April 22nd is Earth Day, and we’re getting in on the celebration a little early with our newest charity special fundraiser! These “colorful” specials will help you temporarily grow the Munzee map and help make the real world a greener, healthier place! A portion of the funds raised from this campaign will be donated to an Earth Day charity to be announced at a later date.

Beginning now (10:00 MHQ Time on Thursday, March 29th), virtual Earth Day Evolution Munzees are available for purchase for $1/each (limit 50 per account) in the Freeze Tag Online Store. These Evolution Munzees have three stages: Seed, Seedling, and Tree.

We want to see these trees in full bloom by Earth Day, so these will work a little different than usual Evos. Unlike other Evolution Munzees, the Seed and Seedling stages will evolve after 12 days. So if you deploy your Earth Day Evolution Munzee TODAY it will be fully evolved in time for Earth Day on April 22nd.

The points for the Earth Day Evolution Munzees are as follows:

  • Deploy: 25
  • Capture: 15, 20, and 25 respectively based on evolution stage
  • CapOn: 10, 15, and 20 respectively based on evolution stage

These munzees have a 300ft capture radius and are blastable. They are affected by all other types and can be placed 50ft from other players’ munzees and 150ft from your own munzees.

There are six badges that can be earned for this special:

  • Green Gardner – Deploy 1 Earth Day Evolution Munzee
  • Evergreen Artist – Deploy 5 Earth Day Evolution Munzees
  • Colorful Capture: Seed – Capture 1 Earth Day Evolution Seed Munzee
  • Colorful Capture: Seedling – Capture 1 Earth Day Evolution Seedling Munzee
  • Colorful Capture: Tree – Capture 1 Earth Day Evolution Tree Munzee
  • Colorful Capping! – Capture at least 1 of each Earth Day Evolution Munzee Stage

This special will end at 23:59 MHQ time on May 13th, and all deploys will be archived regardless of the stage they have reached.


We also have a limited number of Earth Day Charity Special Personal Munzees available.

These Personals are metal dog tags and are priced at $10/each.


In connection with the Go Green events happening all throughout the month, we also wanted to add another activity to join in the fun. To coincide with the “colorful” crayon designs of these icons and badges, we’re releasing PDF coloring book pages of the designs. We want to see your artistic interpretation so send pictures of your finished work to iloveyou@munzee.com and we’ll periodically share some of our favorites. Bring copies to your Go Green events and showcase how colorful your group of players is!

You can download the PDFs of the pages HERE, HERE, and HERE!

We hope you enjoy this special!

Munzee on and Go Green!

March 28, 2018

April 2018 Clan Requirements

Howdy, everyone!

You know what today is: Clan Requirements Day! The April Clan War will be focused on Recycle Icons with a bit of Clan Weapons thrown in. As a quick reminder, Recycle Icons appear on certain munzees that haven’t been capped in 365 days. Those munzees are:

  • Greenies
  • All Physical Jewels
  • All Physical Clan Weapons
  • Physical Mysteries
  • Premium Munzees

Recycle Icons will be on the map from 00:01 MHQ Time on Tuesday, April 3rd through 23:59 MHQ time on Monday, April 30th.

Without any further ado, here are the April Clan Requirements!

Level 1
Individual Total Points: 7,500
Clan Total Recycle Icon Captures: 15
Clan Total Points: 100,000

Rewards: 2 Crossbow Munzees, 1 Mace Munzee, 1 MVM, 1 RPS Munzee Credit, 1 Virtual Color

Level 2
Individual Total Deploys: 2
Individual Total Points: 15,000
Clan Total Recycle Icon Captures: 50
Clan Total Deploys: 25
Clan Total Points: 175,000

Rewards: 3 Crossbow Munzees, 2 Mace Munzees, 1 Longsword Munzee, 2 MVMs, 2 RPS Munzee Credits, 1 Prize Wheel Munzee Credit, 2 Virtual Colors

Level 3
Individual Total Deploys: 5
Individual Total Points: 27,500
Clan Total Recycle Icon Captures: 75
Clan Total Deploys: 75
Clan Total Points: 350,000

Rewards: 2 Crossbow Munzees, 3 Mace Munzees, 2 Longsword Munzees, 1 Battle Axe Munzee, 1 Catapult Munzee, 3 MVMs,  3 RPS Munzee Credits, 2 Prize Wheel Munzee Credits, 3 Virtual Colors

Level 4
Individual Total Recycle Icon Captures: 7
Individual Total Deploys (INCLUDING Clan Weapon Deploys): 15
Individual Total Clan Weapon Deploys: 5
Individual Total Points: 50,000
Clan Total Recycle Icon Captures: 150
Clan Total Clan Weapon Deploys: 75
Clan Total Deploys (INCLUDING Clan Weapon Deploys): 200
Clan Total Points: 750,000

Rewards: 2 Mace Munzees, 3 Longsword Munzees, 2 Battle Axe Munzees, 2 Catapult Munzees, 4 MVMs, 2 RPS Munzee Credits, 3 Prize Wheel Munzee Credits, 4 Virtual Colors

Level 5
Individual Recycle Icon Captures: 10
Individual Total Deploys (INCLUDING Clan Weapon Deploys): 35
Individual Total Clan Weapon Deploys: 10
Individual Total Points: 75,000
Clan Total Recycle Icon Captures: 375
Clan Total Clan Weapon Deploys: 125
Clan Total Deploys (INCLUDING Clan Weapon Deploys): 400
Clan Total Points: 1,000,000

Rewards: 2 THE HAMMERs, 1 Longsword Munzees, 3 Battle Axe Munzees, 3 Catapult Munzees, 5 MVMs, 2 RPS Munzee Credits, 3 Prize Wheel Munzee Credits, 5 Virtual Colors, 1 $15 Freeze Tag Online Store Gift Code

June 20, 2016

It’s Time to Recycle!

The game of Munzee has gone through quite a few changes over the years. Starting from the simple greenie and growing to encompass many, many new types and mediums, there are many different ways to play. However, physicals are the core of the game. One of the major issues with a physical game, though, is real world interference. From nature taking its toll on original munzees that were printed and laminated to location construction or renovation, physicals can sometimes disappear. Just about every Munzer has encountered a missing munzee. With your help, we’d like to change that, and we’re happy to announce the Recycling Special.

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Starting today (June 20th) at 11:59 MHQ time, (some) physical munzees that have not been capped in the last 365 days were changed into Recycling Icons. The munzees that are affected include:

  • All Physical Jewels
  • Clan Weapons
  • Greenies
  • Physical Mysteries
  • Premium Munzees

You will earn 25 points for capping the Recycle Special and the owner will earn 10 points. There is one side effect: you do not get the points/icon associated with the original munzee (i.e., If a Recycle Icon is on a greenie, you do NOT get the 25 points for capping the Recycle Icon AND the points for the greenie/jewel/weapon.). We believe the side effect is worth it when you consider the additional points on greens, and the ability to capture munzees you capped in the past.

This is a “one and done” special. Once the icon is capped, the Munzee returns to its normal icon. In other words this is a race for you to be first in your area to get to the icon. You CAN capture this icon on munzees that you have capped before. You CANNOT capture this icon on your own munzees.

If you find one of the Recycle Icons is on a missing or damaged munzee, PLEASE MARK IT AS UNABLE TO LOCATE OR NEEDS REPAIR. This is done in-app, at the location, from the Munzee details page. Use the dropdown menu in the top right corner, then “Leave Entry”. Maintenance of physicals is extremely important, and we need your help to keep the map clean and up to date. It’s especially important right now, leading into the month of July, but more on that later.

The Recycle Icons will be on the map until 23:59 MHQ Time on June 30th, 2016.

Reminder: While this is a worldwide initiative it will only effect munzees that have NOT been captured in the last 365 days! Some areas may be covered while others are not. Consider yourself fortunate if your area has been active in the last 365 days!

We hope you enjoy this special. Munzee on!

December 29, 2014

Top 4 of ’14: Special Icons

As the year comes to a close we can’t help but look back on how big 2014 was! Over the next few days we’ll be looking back on some of our favorite moments of the year. To start things off, here are some of the icons that made this year so special. As many of you may have noticed a few of these have been re-released to the map for the rest of the year as well!

ALS Ice- Iced Over- Points: 20 split cap & owner

ALS Ice Cubes

SEPTEMBER

MHQ’s base in McKinney, Texas may usually be warm in September, but the Munzee community helped freeze us over in our fight to end ALS. This September we sold special virtual icons featuring ice cubes in connection to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and gave all proceeds to ALS research. The campaign was an overwhelming success and in two weeks we raised a donation of $54,000 for Project A.L.S..

Football- More Kicks- Points: 20 split cap & owner

Copa Do Munzo Footballs

JUNE

In celebration of the world’s favorite sport, Munzee blasted the world with football icons. From the first whistle in Brazil on June 12 until Germany hoisted the cup on July 13, 704 footballs bounced across the Munzee map. We also held a competition where players could vote on who they thought would win the Cup. As many guessed, Germany won the cup and in hand our players were rewarded too!

Puzzle Heart- More Love- Points: 14 split cap & owner

Autism Awareness Puzzle Hearts

APRIL

To celebrate and bring awareness to April’s Autism theme, Team Munzee deployed 680 special icons on the map. 680 represents the 1:68 ratio of children born with autism currently. The amazing efforts of our active Munzee community lead to over 8,055 hearts captured in the month of April! Player captures raised a total of $4,027.50 in donations towards the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism.

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3rd Birthday Piñatas

JULY

As a part of our #FiestaThree 3rd birthday celebration, we released special piñata munzees around the world. What better way to celebrate Munzee’s third birthday than to hit a paper-mâché donkey until it gives you candy? We released 3,333 piñata specials and just like in real life, munzee piñatas were about getting as many different kinds of candy as quickly as possible. When you capped a piñata you randomly received one of three types of candy and a corresponding special icon. It was a hit! Get it?

What were your favorite icons of 2014? Be sure to follow along the rest of the year as we look back on more big moments from 2014!