Archive for July, 2019

July 10, 2019

New RetireMyths Set to Haunt the Map (Plus Zombie Pouch Creatures!)

The map has seemed a little too calm lately, so we’ve sent out some brand new RetireMyths to haunt it! There will be a number of new RetireMyths, representing our latest Mythological Munzees, setting out to haunt the map at their own will! These creatures will begin haunting the map very soon!

New RetireMyths

Our latest RetireMyths will include the physical and virtual Banshee RetireMyth, the physical and virtual Fairy RetireMyth, and the physical Mermaid RetireMyth. Like the other RetireMyths, these game pieces will join the map once any Myth owned by an Inactive or Retired account has been archived. These munzees will roam the map at certain times, and are worth 500 points upon first capture, with the point value decreasing by 1 point per each subsequent capture of the unique RetireMyth.

As a reminder, RetireMyths are not attracted to magnets, and they land on the same type of Munzee as their regular counterpart. That means you might want to brush up on your Mythological Munzee knowledge in order to find these ghoulish game pieces.

Zombie Pouch Creatures

Our Myth Munzees can’t be the only type haunting the map! Now introducing the Zombie Pouch Creatures, which will operate like RetireMyths for Pouch Creatures owned by Inactive or Retired accounts!

Muru, Tuli, and Vesi just got a little bit gloomier (though Muru was always pretty gloomy) with their Zombie Pouch Creature variants. They will work the same way that RetireMyths do, entering the map at select times and landing on the same type of Munzee as their regular counterpart. Like the RetireMyths, Zombie Pouch Creatures will be worth 500 points upon first cap and 1 point less for each cap per unique munzee that follows. Please note that Zombie Pouch Creatures will NOT level up into their other forms.

Are you ready to find some haunted munzees? Remember that these are rare finds only available at select times!

Munzee on!

July 9, 2019

GR8 QR8 Day 2 Reveals QRZY Booster Opportunities!

Players who purchased the GR8 QR8 advent calendar-styled packages are officially on Day 2 of 8 GR8 days of prizes! Day 2 has unveiled 4x points on physical deploys from July 11-14 AND a 2x Physical Deploy Booster Credit!

These multi-point days will start July 11 at 00:01 MHQ, and you’ll receive 4x points for all physical munzee deploys until July 14 at 23:59 MHQ. If you plan it right, that means you can also use your 2x Physical Deploy Booster Credit to make it 8x points for two hours!

Yesterday’s GR8 CR8 revealed a new Crowbar badge and an ALL NEW 2x Virtual Deploy Booster Credit for GR8 QR8 Day 1! This all new Virtual Deploy Booster Credit is available for use now! Is your Booster not registering as available? Players will just need to restart the app to pull the latest over-the-air update if their booster doesn’t automatically load!

Do you need help activating any of your Booster Credits? Visit the Munzee Help Guide for comprehensive explanations!

How GR8 are these prizes?! Stay tuned for 6 more days of GR8 prizes to come!

Munzee on!

July 8, 2019

Meet Munzee Munzday: Craig

Here at Munzee we’re constantly encouraging our players to meet and greet and build the personal relationships that make this game so great. To bring back this fun way to introduce team members, here is Freeze Tag CEO Craig Holland! 

Lisa, my wife, and I during our 192 mile hike across England (called the Coast To Coast hike).

Name and Title:

Craig Holland, CEO (cholland86)

Where are you from?

Born and raised in Southern California (4th generation) in a town in Orange County called Orange

Tell us about yourself:

I’m a lucky guy. My wife and I have been married for 36 years. We’ve got four children and four grandchildren. And I’ve been able to work in some creative capacity my entire career— first in advertising, and then in the video games business for about 17 years (since 2002). I love what I do, and I’m blessed to be working with so many talented people at Freeze Tag.

With my grandson Myles at an Angels game

How long have your worked for Munzee?

I’ve been working for Freeze Tag for over 13 years, and it’s been 2 years since we agreed to merge with Munzee in July of 2017.

How did you find Munzee?

Funny story. After Pokemon Go was released on July 6, 2016, I was looking for another location based game on the app store, and I found Munzee. That’s why my Munzee start date is July 14, 2016. And I’m surprised I didn’t find Munzee sooner since I have been geocaching for many years.

My wife, Lisa, and I in 1982. Sweet tortoise shell glasses.

What do you enjoy most about Munzee?

There are so many wonderful aspects of the game, it’s hard to pick one I enjoy most. I would say my favorite thing about Munzee is the variety. I can cap physicals if I want to, cap virtuals, chase myths, and so on. And all while I am walking around outside getting some exercise.

What are some of your other hobbies?

Well, I mentioned geocaching. I still like to do that with my family when we’re out and about in a trail or park area. I also like to play piano and guitar and spend time with my growing family.

Famous last words?

Munzee on! (Is that too cheesy?!)

Check back next week to get to know another member of the team!

With my entire family on the wedding day of my oldest daughter (Robyn). Sitting next to Robyn is my youngest child, Becca. Then my two sons Ben, to my right. And Zach, on the other side.

July 5, 2019

Big Map Plans for the InternationElles Munzee!

It’s July, which means it’s time for Louise and the InternationElles to make their pedaled protest to demonstrate the capability of women in cycling! In fact, today marks their very first day of riding! And with Freeze Tag sponsoring these fierce females and Rob joining Louise in France, we thought we’d take you along for the ride!

The InternationElles, pictured on July 4, 2019, are all geared up to bike for equality! (image via loukew, Instagram)

InternationElles Munzee

As Louise cycles the entire route of the Tour de France with the InternationElles one day before the men, Rob will be driving a support van and deploying in France. Rob and Louise will both be deploying virtuals and physicals throughout the Tour de France route, so we decided to make them special! Introducing the InternationElles Munzee icons!

Similar to the Whomp Canada and Wayward Nation munzees, these unique pins will feature special icons. Any greenie or virtual deployed by the InternationElles Munzee account will become the beautiful icons pictured above!

Points

  • Capture: Between 19-78, random
  • CapOn/Deploy: N/A

You can access the InternationElles pins under the Tourism filter. Although the InternationElle Munzees will only be available in France, these special pins will be permanently on the map! So if you’re planning a trip to France, be sure to check out a portion of the Tour de France route and cap an InternationElle Munzee!

You will be able to view all deploys as they start going live here: https://www.munzee.com/m/InternationElles/map/deploys/

Badge

Players will earn the following badge for capturing one InternationElles Munzee of any type:

InternationElles– Capture one InternationElles Munzee of any type

Following Fierce Females

This will be a fun way to track Louise’s progress as she accomplishes great things for female athletes along with the InternationElles. We’re happy to share that our Flat Lou donations, pulled from Flat Lou sales, have covered the costs of van and helmet stickers! Thank you to all who purchased a Flat Lou in support of our cyclist wonder!

You can keep up with Louise and the InternationElles by following them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! These ladies are accomplishing monumental things!

Go Louise, and Munzee on!

The full InternationElles team are together and ready to ride for equality! (image via internationelles, Instagram)

July 3, 2019

Coupe du Munzee Icon Updates!

It’s time for a map change! The Women’s World Cup Semifinals have officially determined which two teams will be battling it out for third place and which teams will have the chance to compete for the championship! We thought it was only fitting to reflect this on the map for our Coupe du Munzee specials, with our next icon change taking place on Friday, July, 5 at 00:01 MHQ time!

The Semifinals saw teams USA and Netherlands advancing to the finals, while England and Sweden will be competing for third place following their losses. However, rather than reduce England and Sweden to one icon per team as we have done with the other eliminated teams, these team icons will remain on the map at 34 icons per team! After all, these teams battled through quite the challenge and deserve recognition! Meanwhile, our top two teams have seen their icons increase from 11 to 30 to 50 to 75. Teams USA and Netherlands will now both have 120 icons per team to celebrate their amazing athletic achievements!

That means the Coupe du Munzee distribution will be as follows:

Top two teams, 120 icons per team:

  • USA
  • Netherlands

Third and fourth place teams, 34 icons per team:

  • England
  • Sweden

20 eliminated teams, 1 icon per team:

  • Germany
  • Norway
  • France
  • Italy
  • Australia
  • Cameroon
  • Brazil
  • Spain
  • China
  • Japan
  • Nigeria
  • Canada
  • South Korea
  • South Africa
  • Jamaica
  • Scotland
  • New Zealand
  • Thailand
  • Argentina
  • Chile

You will have until July 7 at 23:59 MHQ time to cap the Coupe du Munzee specials before they leave the map! There will also be a special surprise celebration to look forward to for the winning team icon! Stay tuned for more details, and remember that physical Munzee Magnets can help with capping those elusive team icons!

Have you earned all 7 Coupe du Munzee badges?!

Munzee on!

July 2, 2019

Your Future is Clear with the Magic 8 Ball Specials!

Do you have a burning question that you’re dying to have answered!? Can’t decide on whether or not to get a haircut or runaway to Tahiti? Well the Magic 8 Ball Munzee specials will be here tomorrow at 00:01 MHQ time to grant your questions a Munzee-fied response (as well as points and badges)! (Note: Freeze Tag is not liable for any real world player decisions made based off Magic 8 Ball Munzee answers ?.)

Our Magic 8 Ball specials will launch at 00:01 MHQ time on July 3, with 888 hitting the map until 23:59 MHQ time on July 31! Though there will only be one icon shown on the map, there are a possibility of 8 different icons revealed after this special is captured. Each icon will correspond with a different saying that will not be visible until captured, similar to how the Gleaming Pouch Creatures work. They will bounce around every 6 hours or when capped.

Dying to know what capture messages could be in store for you? We’ll give you a sneak peak, but you’re going to have to get busy capping to discover the other 7 options:

Points

  • Capture: 88 points
  • CapOn: 19 points

These Virtual Munzees will not be blastable. They will bounce to all virtual colors and be attracted to Virtual Magnets, available from the Freeze Tag Online Store. You can access the Magic 8 Ball specials under the “All Expiring Specials” and “All Limited Specials” filters.

Badges & Personals

There is also a line featuring —you guessed it!— 8 new badges to earn based off number of captures of Magic 8 Ball specials. The first badge in the series appears as follows:

Magic 8 Ball– Capture 1 Magic 8 Ball special of any type.

The other seven badges may not be as easy to figure out as you think, so keep capping all month long to figure out the rest! Finally, we are happy to offer a fun collection of Magic 8 Ball Personal Tags available for sale in the Freeze Tag Online Store starting tomorrow at 10:00 MHQ time! Here is a sneak peak:

There will be 8 different Magic 8 Ball Personal Tag responses. Players can either purchase an individual tag for $8 to receive a surprise saying or purchase the full set of 8 for $48. You can shop the Personal Tags HERE!

This special, of course, is brought to you by Munzee’s 8th birthday! This is a month for celebration as we live it up in the #8zees!

Munzee on!

July 2, 2019

July MunzPak Contents Revealed!

As many of you know, our July MunzPak subscriptions are extra special this birthday month, as they will include the brand new Joystick Munzees! These scattering munzees are a MunzPak exclusive that will offer triple the fun with their game within a game within a game!

MunzPak is a monthly subscription service that delivers munzees directly to your door! Each of our three MunzPak options contain a variety of munzees, including some new items that you won’t be able to find anywhere else! The three different types of MunzPaks that you can subscribe to each month are as follows:

  • Physical MunzPak features blocks of generic stickers and pre-coded stickers including brand new munzees which can only be purchased through the subscription service. $~25 value for $15 each month.
  • Virtual MunzPak features a variety of virtual munzees that are automatically added to your account each month including Destination Munzees, Jewels, and more. $~40 value for $25 each month.
  • Hybrid MunzPak is the best of both worlds! Get both physical and virtual munzees including Places Munzees, Magnets, and more. $~30 value for $20.01 each month.

Never subscribed to MunzPak before? If this is your first month subscribing, you’ll have the chance to earn one-time badges for each type of pack! All you have to do is stop by the Freeze Tag Online Store and subscribe today! Remember, we officially retired our old badges last month, so ALL players will be able to earn the new badges upon their first subscription moving forward!

The July MunzPaks will contain the following:

July Physical MunzPak 

Purchase HERE!

July Virtual MunzPak 

Purchase HERE!

July Hybrid MunzPak 

Purchase HERE!

  • 5 Joystick credits
  • 2 RPS credits
  • 1 Prize Wheel credit
  • 2 Urban Fit credits
  • 1 Surprise
  • 5 Virtual Joystick

Munzee on!

July 1, 2019

GR8 QR8 Means Let’s Celebrate! (Plus Sale!)

Have you been missing the Munzee Advent Calendars?! Well we have something in store for you that is pretty good. In fact, some might even say it’s GR8! The GR8 QR8 (pronounced “Great Crate”) packages will award a new prize each day for eight days in a row! While we won’t spoil the surprises for these advent calendar-style packages, we do want to line out some of the details ahead of time so you can join in on the fun!

Notice a lot of “8’s” in the title? The GR8 QR8 is here to celebrate Munzee’s 8th birthday, of course! Similar to our Advent and Countdown Calendars last year, the GR8 QR8 will be opened daily to reveal a variety of different prizes! You’ll get GR8 munzees to deploy, four GR8 days with multiple points, at least one GR8 badge, a GR8 new product, and more!

The GR8 QR8 will also include a new Fire Mystery credit. This is the first time we’ve offered Fire Mysteries as a credit, and they’re available first in the GR8 QR8!

Ready to purchase your GR8 QR8? The GR8 QR8 contains over $25 in value and will be on sale for $15 starting today! GR8 QR8s will be available for sale until July 5 at 15:00 MHQ time. Prizes will be awarded at 00:01 MHQ each day beginning on July 8, 2019 until July 15, 2019, so be sure to shop now to join in on the fun!

Celebr8 Sale!

What could make this announcement even GR8R? A sale, of course! Starting today at 15:00 MHQ time, we will be putting a wide variety of items in the Freeze Tag Online Store on sale for 12% off. You can enjoy this sale for the first 8 days of the month! That means you will be paying 88% of the price for an assortment of items from now until 23:59 MHQ time on July 8. How GR8 is that?! You can see the entire collection here: https://store.freezetag.com/collections/celebr8 

Celebrate Munzee’s great eighth birthday with a GR8 QR8! This is one surprise that packs a whole lot of fun!

Munzee on!

July 1, 2019

Meet Munzee Munzday: Robbie

Here at Munzee we’re constantly encouraging our players to meet and greet and build the personal relationships that make this game so great. To bring back this fun way to introduce team members, it’s time to get to know Mr. Wallabee himself, Robbie! 

With beautiful wife and daughter, Kelsey and Autumn

Name and Title:

Robbie McGuire | Product Manager, WallaBee (redcarrobbie)

Where are you from?

I’m from Whittier, CA. Fun fact: Most of my life was spent in the ‘unincorporated’ part of Whittier, meaning I got to answer the “Is that LA or Orange Country?” question with a simple “Yes.”

Tell us about yourself:

Where to begin? I have a gorgeous wife (Kelsey) and beautiful 9 month baby girl (Autumn)! Kelsey and I just celebrated our 5 year anniversary, 3.5 years of which have been spent in Texas! Being a Californian transplant, I feel more Texan every day (but still don’t own a pair of cowboy boots). I prefer iPhone over Android, Pepsi over Coke, and fruity candy over chocolate. I usually try to turn conversations into dad jokes. I was a hands-on learner in college, which explains why I did so well in my ASL classes.

Autumn’s first Easter

How long have your worked for Munzee?

I have been working for the company for 3.5 years! My official hire-in date is January 4th.

How did you find Munzee?

I found Munzee like many other players: through Geocaching. My good friend, Andrew, took me to my first geocache in early 2015 and I loved it! After a couple of months of Geocaching, I wanted to know if there were other games similar to it, which lead to me finding Munzee in the App Store. I loved the concept of looking for hidden objects and getting rewarded for that effort with experience and badges. The ease of use (scanning with a phone and moving on) was something that I felt lacking from the other game.

What do you enjoy most about Munzee?

With Kelsey at the Jeff Dunham show

At its core, I really enjoy Munzee’s physical game. While my schedule and life don’t allow me to be more involved with that aspect of the game, it’s what snagged my attention in the first place. The fact that Munzee can be a physical and virtual game at the same time is a nice hybrid that many other games try to create with AR, but fail at in the process. Munzee allows its players to choose how they want to play – which helps for those with busy schedules.

What are some of your other hobbies?

My hobbies are best sorted into categories of ‘used to have time for’ and ‘still find time for.’ Having a baby changes a lot.

    • UTHTF: Disc Golfing, Ultimate Frisbee, Soccer, Disneyland, Hiking, Bike Riding, Arts & Crafts, Collecting, and many different video games.
    • SFTF: Rocket League, Graphic Art

Famous last words?

“If money’s where you find happiness, you’ll always be poor.” – Remember This, NF

Check back next week to get to know another member of the team!

July 1, 2019

Coupe du Munzee Semifinals Update!

Our fourth and final  Coupe du Munzee specials icon adjustment is here! Following the Round of 16 and Quarterfinals game updates, which both saw eliminated teams reduced to 1 icon each, there will be another map change on Tuesday, July 2 at 00:01 MHQ time to mark the Semifinals!

The Women’s World Cup is officially advancing to the Semifinals, which means that 4 more teams have been eliminated. They will join the 16 previously eliminated teams with having only 1 physical icon per team on the map. Meanwhile, the teams still in the game have seen an increase from 11 to 30 to 50 Coupe du Munzee icons per team, and those numbers aren’t slowing down! The 4 advancing teams will see their icons increased to 75 per team!

The 4 remaining Coupe du Munzee teams, reflecting the results of the Women’s World Cup, are as follows:

  • England
  • United States
  • Netherlands
  • Sweden

The following 20 teams have officially been eliminated and reduced to 1 physical icon each:

  • Germany
  • Norway
  • France
  • Italy
  • Australia
  • Cameroon
  • Brazil
  • Spain
  • China
  • Japan
  • Nigeria
  • Canada
  • South Korea
  • South Africa
  • Jamaica
  • Scotland
  • New Zealand
  • Thailand
  • Argentina
  • Chile

Remember, you will have until July 7 at 23:59 MHQ time to cap the Coupe du Munzee specials before they leave the map. You will, however, have a special surprise celebration to look forward to for the winning team icon! Stay tuned for more details and game updates! In the meantime, you can continue working your way to earning all 7 Coupe du Munzee badges!

Which Coupe du Munzee is eluding you? Better cap fast! Remember that physical Munzee Magnets can help!

Munzee on!

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