ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 10, 2016

Lone Star Bash Wrap Up

Well Lone Star Bash is over now, and we had a great time. Team Munzee would like to thank everyone who participated, whether it was by attending the events, deploying for others, or interacting with us in other ways. We couldn’t do what we do without you. As Dylan said during his toast on Saturday night at TUPPs, “There are wood ships, and there are steel ships, but the best ships are friendships.” Cheesy? Very. True? Absolutely. The Munzee community brings people from all around the world together and creates lasting friendships. All of us are thankful for the friends that we’ve gained through Munzee, and we’re overjoyed to see the friendships that are created throughout the community.

The weekend was full of great events and great people. From Friday at the State Fair of Texas to Sunday at Celebration Park, there was never a shortage of munzees to cap or fun to be had. We enjoyed every minute of it and hope those in attendance did, too.

There are a few things to note:

Announcements/introductions that were made during Lone Star Bash will be announced on the blog this week.
If you have pictures from this weekend, don’t forget to add them to the Google Drive folder so we can add them to our gallery.
If you did attend Lone Star Bash, keep an eye out for the survey we will be sending out. We’re always looking for feedback to make our events better.

Once again, thank you. You are the reason we do what we do, and we’re proud of how the game and community continues to strengthen and grow. We’re already excited for next year’s event.

Munzee on!

P.S. – If you haven’t seen the video of Rob getting taken down by Robbie during Bubble Soccer (or just want to watch it on a loop), you can check out the video on our Instagram.

October 6, 2016

Lone Star Bash Sale for Everyone

Everything is ready for the Lone Star Bash, and we are counting down the hours until it begins! We’ve already seen some players around the area capping and deploying, and we’re excited to see the rest of the attendees. We do realize, however, that not everyone can join us. We want to share the love and benefits with everyone.

From right now until Sunday at 23:59 MHQ time, Blast Caps and Flat Robs (which are currently on the map) will be on sale in the Munzee Online for $4. Gear up and get ready for a great weekend, whether you’re able to make it to McKinney or not. And remember, take pictures! You can share them with us in our Google Drive folder, and we’ll be creating a gallery!

Have fun, and Munzee on!

*For those of you who found the sale in the store before this blog post, we are giving you additional Flat Robs to equal the amount spent.

**Texas historical marker pins around Collin County (Munzee HQ home) will be live today!

October 5, 2016

Lone Star Bash Weekend Gallery

Lone Star Bash is two (TWO!!) days away, and we’re getting all of the final touches finished. As always, we’ll be taking pictures along the way and sharing them with you. However, we also want to share pictures that you take over the weekend. Whether you’re attending the bash or celebrating in some form around the world, we want to see!

We’ve set up a Google Drive folder where you can upload images from the weekend. After Lone Star Bash, we’ll be putting together a gallery of the weekend including the pictures we take as well as yours!

We can’t wait to see those coming to Lone Star Bash and the pictures from around the world!

Munzee on!

October 4, 2016

Lone Star Bash General Schedule

We’ve had a few questions regarding travel and scheduling for Lone Star Bash, so below is a general schedule for the weekend.

Friday

Registration: 1-3pm at MHQ in Downtown McKinney
State Fair: 5-9pm at The State Fair of Texas in Fair Park. You are not required to be present the whole time. We will have designated meeting spots every hour, and the badge for the event will be available at 7pm.

Saturday

Lone Star Games: 9am-12pm at Gabe Nesbitt Park in McKinney. The Eventzee hunt will run from 9-11am. At 11:30am, we will award prizes and make announcements.
Lone Star Bash at TUPPS: 6-9pm at TUPPs Brewery in McKinney. This event is meant to hang out with MHQ Staff and get to know other players.

Sunday

Lone Star Dash: 8am-12pm at Celebration Park in Allen. The 3K will begin at 8am. Bubble Soccer and Segway Obstacle Course will run from 9am-12pm.

Travel to the State Fair

Members of MHQ will be riding the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) train from Parker Road Station in Plano down to the State Fair. Players are welcome to join, and there will be at least one member of MHQ at the start, the transfer, and the exit stations. The first group will be leaving Parker Road Station at 4:00pm on the Red Line. They will then transfer to the Green Line at Pearl/Arts District Station at 4:41pm. Arrival at Fair Park Station is estimated at 4:50pm.

A second group will follow up leaving Parker Road Station at 5:00pm on the Red Line. They will transfer to the Green Line at Pearl/Arts District Station at 5:41pm. Arrival at Fair Park Station is estimated at 5:50pm. Players are welcome to take the DART Rail with MHQ staff or use another mode of transportation. The DART fare IS NOT covered by MHQ and must be paid for personally.

There will be full, comprehensive schedules available at registration on Friday.

We can’t wait to see everyone!

Munzee on!

October 2, 2016

News from MHQ

Inactive Player Virtual Reset

All current “Inactive” players virtual type munzees will be reset and undeployed at 00:01 (CST/MHQ Time) Monday October 3, 2016.
“Dormant” and “Active” player accounts are not affected.
Locations will be available immediately for new deployments from all players.
All Inactive reset munzees will be returned to the undeployed list of “Inactive” players.
If “Inactive” players return to the game in the future they are able to choose any available location to deploy. All previous captures are still intact and the redeployed munzee may not be recaptured by the same players, even in the new location.
No captures on “reset” virtuals will be removed or affected.
Future “Inactive” virtual resets will be scheduled and announced ahead of time.
Extenuating circumstances on “Inactive” accounts and resets will be evaluated on an individual basis for future resets. Additional information will be announced before the next reset.

Flat Robs Upcoming Dates

Thursday October 6 at 00:01 (MHQ) until Sunday October 9 at 23:59 (MHQ) for Lone Star Bash 2016
Thursday October 27 at 00:01 (MHQ) until Monday October 31 at 23:59 (MHQ) for One year Flat Rob Anniversary and an event Rob is attending in Missouri
Wednesday November 23 at 00:01 (MHQ) until Sunday November 27 at 23:59 (MHQ) for American Thanksgiving Holiday – MHQ offices closed
Saturday December 24 at 00:01 (MHQ) until Sunday January 1 at 23:59 (MHQ) for Christmas – MHQ offices closed
Additional dates may be added before the end of 2016 – stay tuned!

New Munzee Types

Thank you to our loyal supporters as we continue to keep Munzee fresh and evolving! On October 1 we gave a golden carrot credit to all current premium members. The same day we launched the new Evolution munzees. The first series in the evolution set are the garden munzees. We look forward to seeing the creative things our players do to literally grow the game and grow the map! Thank you for the great feedback and support of this new series, available through two forms of the MunzPak. Our physical MunzPak will remain a great value with stickers and the occasional credit or virtual item. We are very pleased with your response to the introduction of a new virtual MunzPak and look forward to growing the program.

We appreciate ALL our players and really look forward to the final quarter of the year. We promise to work hard to grow this community and keep an innovative and exciting game available for everyone to enjoy! We have some exciting things planned to wrap up 2016, so stay tuned!

Munzee ON!

***All Inactive players have received email communications regarding this reset with an option to become active again. “Inactive” = 365 or more days with no account activity. “Dormant” = 180 to 364 days with no account activity. “Active” = Less than 180 days since last account activity.

September 30, 2016

MWTM Wrap Up

We’d like to say thank you for everyone who was able to join us at our Munzee With Team Munzee events throughout the year. Rain, cold, wind, nor heat could stop us from having a great time hanging out with the community and growing the map. As we’ve said before, today’s MWTM event was the last of the year due to holidays throughout the rest of the year. We love getting out with you and playing this wonderful game.

We can’t wait to see even more of you next weekend at Lone Star Bash! We’re excited to make even more great memories!

Munzee on!

September 29, 2016

MunzPaks, Farm Sets, and Sapphires

Two years ago, we launched the MunzPak service with the idea of getting new and exciting products into your hands at a great value. We’ve tinkered and refined our approach to it throughout the years to make sure you have the best experience. Everyone plays the game differently, and it can sometimes be challenging to find the right balance for everyone. One of the questions we’ve been asked frequently is if we were considering a virtual only MunzPak. That answer is now yes.

Starting October 1st, we will be offering both MunzPak and Virtual MunzPak. MunzPak will remain $15 and be the same service it has been, mostly physical stickers with occasional virtuals and credits. Virtual MunzPak will be $25 with a minimum value of $40 each month. It will include virtual and credit items only. Like MunzPak, Virtual MunzPak subscriptions will process at midnight MHQ time, meaning that your items will appear in your account at that time the day your payment is processed. You can subscribe to the MunzPak, the Virtual MunzPak, or both. From the MunzPak homepage, you will be able to subscribe and manage your subscription(s). If you need a refresher on how the recently updated MunzPak homepage works, check out the blog post.

This leads us to the Evolution Munzees and the Farm Set. As we mentioned previously, Premium Members will receive a free Golden Carrot credit on October 1st. Due to the “evolution” part of these munzees, this will only be a convert option for uncapped greenies within the first 24 hours of deploy or for never deployed greenies. This is to avoid potentially missing stages of the evolution (if a greenie that had been deployed three months ago was converted, the time from deployment would have already passed for the stages). The rest of the Farm Set will be launching in the MunzPaks. The Carrot and Peas will be included in the Virtual MunzPak while the Corn and Tomato will be included in the MunzPak.

: Virtual Carrot Munzee

: Corn Munzee

: Virtual Peas Munzee

: Tomato Munzee

But wait, there’s more!

Sapphire is the third hardest mineral with a 9 on the Mohs (hardness rating) Scale, the birthstone of September, and the gem of 5th and 45th anniversaries. It’s also the newest Munzee gem. While the MunzPak has had the Topaz and Pink Diamond, it’s only fitting for the introduction of a new gem alongside the Virtual MunzPak: the Virtual Sapphire. The Virtual Sapphire has a capture radius of 300ft, proximity rules of 50ft from other munzees and 150ft from your your own munzees, and IS blastable. The points are as follows:

Deploy: 45
Capture: 18
CapOn: 9

Now that all of the new munzees are out of the bag, here’s what’s included in the October MunzPaks.

MunzPak

20 Flag Skinned Munzees (10 each of Australia and Finland)
10 Corn Evolution Munzees
10 Tomato Evolution Munzees
4 Topaz
1 Virtual Sapphire

Virtual MunzPak

5 Virtual Carrot Evolution Munzees
5 Virtual Peas Evolution Munzees
2 Virtual Sapphires
2 Diamond Credits
2 Ruby Credits

We realize this is a lot of information all at once, but we wanted to make sure everything was covered. We hope you enjoy these new items and options. We can’t wait to see everything on the map!

Munzee on!

September 27, 2016

The Farm Set and the Golden Carrot (UPDATED)

Updated with more information regarding the credit aspect of the Golden Carrot.

Last week, we introduced the Evolution Munzee and it’s first set — the Farm Set. As a refresher, the first subset of the Farm Set includes Tomato, Corn, Carrot, and Peas. We have more information to share, starting with what some of them actually look like.

: Corn Seeds

: Corn Stalk

: Corn

: Tomato Seeds

: Tomato Plant

: Tomato

There was one vegetable that we left out of the original blog post: The Golden Carrot.

We want to kick off the month with some shine. On October 1st, all current Premium Members will have a Golden Carrot added to their accounts. The Golden Carrot is a credit that is applied to a generic and will only be available to Premium Members. This will only be a convert option for uncapped greenies in the first 24 hours after deploy or for never deployed undeploys. When deployed it will grow just like the others, reaching golden carrot status in it’s final stage. We appreciate our premium members and hope you enjoy this special game piece!

Information regarding the availability of the rest of the Farm set will be available very soon, so keep an eye out!

Munzee on!

September 23, 2016

Introducing the Evolution Munzee

The best thing about Munzee is the community. You can meet people from around the world, make lifelong friends, and, in some cases, visit these friends. Events allow the community to foster these friendships even more. After capping and deploying in an area, however, there may be little left for further experiences in these areas because of density. On the other hand, players in more sparse areas are sometimes left without new munzees to capture regularly by no fault of their own. We want to help both of these groups grow the map and have new munzees to capture. In that spirit, we’re excited to introduce the Evolution Munzee.

How It Works

The Evolution Munzee is a new type of munzee with subsets of types. The basic principle is this: when a certain threshold is met (e.g. time, number of captures, etc) after being deployed, the Evolution Munzee will “evolve” into something new. Once this occurs, players will be able to recapture said munzee as if it were a special. Depending on the subset of the Evolution Munzee, this can occur multiple times. The first subset of Evolution Munzees will be the Farm Set.

The Farm Set

The Farm Set will begin with four “seeds”: Tomato, Corn, Carrot, and Peas. First, the “seed” is deployed. After 30 days, the “seed” will evolve into a “plant”. The icon will change, and you will be able to capture the plant even if you captured the original seed. Thirty days after the “seed” evolved, it will evolve once more into the “vegetable”. Once again, the icon will change and you will be able to capture it despite previous captures. This is where the Farm Set ends. (Future subsets may have more or less evolutions or different requirements.) You can only capture each stage of the evolution once, but you do not have to capture each one. Once the munzee reaches the final evolution, it will remain in that state.

For example: Tomato Seed -> Tomato Plant -> Tomato; Peas Seed -> Peas Plant -> Peas

Point Structure

For the Farm Set, the points will be as follows:

Deploy: 20 Points
Capture: Seed 10 Points; Plant 15 Points; Vegetable 20 Points
CapOn: Seed 5 Points; Plant 10 Points; Vegetable 15 Points

We want the Evolution Munzee to promote growth in new and old areas, maintenance of areas, and expanded community involvement and interaction. More information, including availability and other sets, will be provided soon. We hope you enjoy these!

Munzee on!

September 22, 2016

Texas History Begins at the Lone Star Bash

This year, our annual party at Munzee HQ is Texas themed. We are excited to share Texas-based activities, locations, and history. With this in mind, we are deploying a new type of Munzee around Collin County, and expanding through the rest of the state during the event. It will give players the opportunity to visit some of our historical locations and learn a bit more about this state we are proud to call home.

This is all part of an initiative to grow communities worldwide and give you a chance to help us grow the map and share significant historical locations. This program will begin soon after we pilot it at the Lone Star Bash. We will announce full details and give you the opportunity to help us load the map with special places! Stay tuned and Munzee On!