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December 22, 2020

December 2020 GOTM Winners + The Future of POTM

This month was all about creating some Munzee Magic in the form of the Holiday Card Collectors Club and all the various Christmas Combat Specials!

We are now happy to announce the winners of the December Garden of the Month (GOTM), give a reminder for December Player of the Month (POTM), and let you know about our plans for the POTM program in the coming year! The badges for December GOTM and POTM will be awarded in early January, but we couldn’t wait to share the winners we’ve chosen!

December GOTM

As we’re now fully into Christmas/Holiday mode, the gardens we’ve chosen certainly make the map feel a little bit merrier! Remember that all winning GOTM organizers and all players who deployed in the winning gardens will be awarded special badges for their contribution to growing the map. This month we’re happy to award the Xmas Knole Deer Garden, designed by Maattmoo, and the Queensland Koala Garden, designed by BonnieB1, as our winning December GOTM! The gardens appear as follows:

Xmas Knole Deer by Maattmoo in Sevenoaks, United Kingdom

This garden looks like a slightly more grown-up version of our Baby Reindeer Christmas Critter!

Maattmoo shared his thoughts behind the design:

It started over a month ago when I found out about an event being held in the grounds of Knole Deer Park for Xmas and the event organiser was trying to build up the area a bit for the event.

I thought, wow what a great space for a new garden, so checked if they wanted to do a garden or if I would be able to do.
They agreed that I was free to do and it would be a great addition to the area and event.

So what design, well Knole Park is famous for its free roaming deer herds and being a Christmas event, a red nose deer felt like a perfect fit. Now over the last month with some social media persuasion and gentle coercion we have filled the garden complete and with a week to go to the event too.

The event Maattmoo wrote about was on the calendar HERE!

Queensland Koala by BonnieB1 in Queensland, Australia

We started the year with Aussie Animals, so we thought it would be a nice way to end the year too!

This garden was created for another event that took place on the same day as Maattmoo’s, but across the globe! You can find the A Queensland Christmas event on the calendar HERE!

All players who deployed in the respective winning gardens will receive the following special badges:

Rules for GOTM nominations:

  1. Garden must feature non-licensed character designs.
  2. The garden must feature a Garden Places Pin.
  3. The garden must be built using a publicly available spreadsheet which we will ask to be locked after being 100% deployed.
  4. We’re asking for ongoing nominations and we will release the winners throughout the year.

Send your nomination for GOTM to iloveyou@munzee.com! Keep in mind that we take all former nominations into consideration for upcoming months. Just be sure your garden follows the nomination rules in order to be considered eligible!

If you need help deploying in a Virtual Garden, you can check out this step-by-step tutorial that will making deploying in a garden easy no matter how long you’ve been playing. To fill in the gardens, make sure to stock up on Virtuals and Color Credits from the Freeze Tag Online Store.

December POTM

December’s POTM called for stories of Munzee acts of kindness. There’s still a bit of time left to earn this badge, so please send your stories to the Google Form at this link: https://forms.gle/JqF1LPaft6G6yeBAA

Thank you for sending in your stories! You can expect to see the badge in early January.

The Future of POTM

As the app has grown and changed we decided to re-evaluate the POTM program so it wouldn’t feel stale. So far, we’ve been alternating nomination-based months with requirement-based months. This was so that players could have fair and varied opportunities to earn the badges.

Our goal moving forward is still to feature and celebrate our players, but in a way that feels more organic and special. So although we will not be moving forward with the POTM program for the foreseeable future, we are still working out what new ways we can highlight our awesome players. Please look forward to more information in the coming months!

Munzee on!

December 17, 2020

This Snowman is NOT a Jolly Happy Soul!

The final Christmas Combat character has been unlocked! We bet you’re curious to find out all his features and functions, so without further ado…

Fr057y Details

Fr057y is a temporary POB available from our Official Resellers for $5 through the end of the year. It will stay on the map until winter is over as determined by the Pennyslvania soothsayer on Feb 2. If the groundhog sees his shadow Fr057y will remain for 6 more weeks, if no shadow Fr057y will melt (archive) in 6 days.

Each player may purchase 1 Fr057y per player account, per reseller if you choose to support them all. Here is a direct link to the product from each reseller.

Gold’n Coins
Geologgers
NE Geocaching Supplies
Space Coast Geo Store

Points

  • Deploy: 300
  • Capture: 200
  • CapOn: 100

You can find these rolling ruffians bouncing to the following landing pads every 5 hours or when captured:

Similar to the Cyborg Santa, when Fr057y is captured 1-3 NEW Snowball munzees will be scattered nearby!

These are the same Snowballs featured in Day 5 of the HCCC! This means that capping them will contribute progress towards the corresponding badge line. Please note that there will be NO Rainbow Snow Cone. The Snowballs will only be visible to the player who capped Fr057y.

The rewards for Snowballs are as follows:

  • Capture: 100 points and 10 seconds of Frozen status, like when capping the Ice Mystery’s Frozen Greenie scatter

Like the other Christmas Combat bouncers, Fr057y will be available for multi-capture. That means players can capture a Fr057y on their own munzees, any previously captured munzees, and more than once if the same Fr057y visits you. However, Fr057y is non-blastable. They will be attracted to Munzee Magnets and Virtual Munzee Magnets. You can access Fr057y by turning on your “All Limited Edition Specials” and “All Expiring Specials” filters.

Badges

Deploying Fr057y will earn you the following badge:

There is also a line of Christmas Combat Capture badges that you can earn for Fr057y, KrampBot, ReinDroid, RUD01PH, 31F, GingerMech Man, Cyborg Santa, and Cybersaurus Rex captures! The first in this line will appear as follows:

 

Personal Tags

With the addition of Fr057y, the Christmas Combat tag collection is complete! You can shop them in the Freeze Tag Store HERE!

We hope these Christmas Combat specials add a dash of holiday cheer to your map!

Munzee on!

December 16, 2020

It’s Official — The Machines are Taking Over with this NEW MOB!

Perhaps our need for our own Christmas Combatant has infected the app — as of 12:00 MHQ today, a new temporary Bouncer has materialized without any work on our part, and is rendering players helpless with its freezing capabilities!

KrampBot Details

KrampBot is officially a tPOB, but solely owned by KrampBot himself and should be temporary (we hope!). No players are able to purchase/own/deploy a KrampBot. Based on its current growth pattern we project that 333 KrampBots will be bouncing around on the map that MUST be captured!

Like the Spyderbot, it will stay on the map until it has been captured 5 times, when it will be archived. After the fifth capture a KrampBot will be “krushed” which results in more points for the capper. KrampBot will bounce to certain virtual munzees (listed below) for the first 4 captures, but after being capped 4 times it will land on a physical munzee where it can now be krushed. If you’ve ever deployed a Butterfly or Frog Evolution munzee, these will behave similarly with a few exceptions.

Points

  • Capture: 350
  • CapOn: 75
  • Krush (5th Cap): 425

You can find these prickly predators bouncing to the following landing pads every 4 hours or when captured:

Similar to the Cyborg Santa, when the KrampBot is captured 1 NEW Putrid Present will be scattered nearby!

The Putrid Present will only be visible to the player who capped the KrampBot.

The “rewards” for Putrid Presents are as follows:

  • Capture: 150 points and 30 seconds of Frozen status, like when capping the Ice Mystery’s Frozen Greenie scatter. These will not add to the frozen badge line.

Like the Cyborg Santa, the KrampBot will be available for multi-capture. That means players can capture a KrampBot on their own munzees, any previously captured munzees, and more than once if the same KrampBot visits you. However, KrampBots are non-blastable. They will be attracted to Munzee Magnets and Virtual Munzee Magnets. You can access KrampBot by turning on your “All Limited Edition Specials” and “All Expiring Specials” filters.

Badges

There will be 1 badge for capturing the KrampBot. Since there’s only the 1 badge in this line, we want to keep it a secret for now. Hopefully it shouldn’t be too tough for you to get!

There is also a line of Christmas Combat Capture badges that you can earn for KrampBot, ReinDroid, RUD01PH, 31F, GingerMech Man, Cyborg Santa, Cybersaurus Rex, and any other future Christmas Combat captures! As a refresher, the first in this line will appear as follows:

Personal Tags

We’ve also added the KrampBot tag to the store — you can shop all Personal Tags HERE!

We hope these Christmas Combat specials add a dash of holiday cheer to your map!

Munzee on!

December 16, 2020

Holiday Card Collectors Club ALL Tiers Day 16: Dodgy Jumper Photo Contest

If you’re a long-time Munzee player, you may have been wondering — where’s the Dodgy Jumper contest? Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten this time-honored tradition! While in past years (2019, 2018, 2017, etc.) we made this a contest for event attendees, we know this year has made it tougher for most players to host and attend. So this year we’re streamlining the entry process: simply add a photo of yourself in a Dodgy Jumper to your Holiday Mailbox within the time period of 00:01 MHQ on December 16 to 23:59 MHQ on December 20.

As long as you follow the rules and put forth some effort, you’ll be awarded the Dodgy Jumpers badge. This year we’ve taken a punny approach to the badge design, as you can see below:

We’ll share some of our favorite player outfits to the official Munzee social media pages as we discover them, but the badge will not be awarded until some time after the 20th. Then we’ll add all of the winners to a gallery here on the Munzee Blog to announce when the badge has been awarded! 

We hope you enjoy unwrapping Day 16 of the Holiday Card Collectors Club! Make sure to cap your Holiday Mailbox each day so you don’t miss out!

Otherwise, if you still haven’t joined the club yet and would like to do so now, click HERE! If you purchase any membership TODAY you can still participate in the Dodgy Jumper Photo Contest as long as you deploy and cap your Holiday Mailbox before 23:59 MHQ time on December 16th.

Lastly, if you want to check out what today’s Greeting Card looks like, or review past day’s goodies, you can check out the blog post HERE. Please note that that blog post may not immediately have the latest info as we cannot pre-schedule updates, but we’ll do so as soon as we can!

Munzee on!

December 15, 2020

ReinDroids — Rover, The Other Reindeer’s Bigger Brothers

While the Holiday Card Collectors Club has been a great success, we still like to give options for players who aren’t ready for such commitments. Please welcome the newest challenger in our Christmas Combat story, the ReinDroids and RUD01PH!

ReinDroid and RUD01PH Details

Like the GingerMech Man, the ReinDroid is a temporary POB. It is available in the Freeze Tag Store for the low, low price of $2.50! If you buy a full set* of 8 ReinDroids, you’ll receive a RUD01PH tPOB (shown above) for free! This is the only way to get one of these red-nosed variants so shop now before the all flee the store at 12pm tomorrow (Dec 16th). You can purchase ReinDroids HERE.

Similar to the Spyderbot, both ReinDroids and RUD01PH will stay on the map until they have been captured 10 times, when they will be archived on your account. After the tenth capture a ReinDroid or RUD01PH will “flee” which results in more points for the capper.

Points

  • ReinDroid
    • Deploy: 500
    • Capture: 250
    • CapOn: 250
    • Flee (10th Cap): 500
  • RUD01PH
    • Deploy: 777
    • Capture: 200
    • CapOn: 500
    • Flee (10th Cap): 500

You can find these sleek steeds bouncing to the following landing pads every 4 hours or when captured:

The ReinDroid and RUD01PH will be available for multi-capture. That means players can capture a ReinDroid or RUD01PH on their own munzees, any previously captured munzees, and more than once if the same ReinDroid or RUD01PH visits you. However, ReinDroids and RUD01PH are non-blastable and will not be attracted to magnets. You can access ReinDroid and RUD01PH by turning on your “All Limited Edition Specials” and “All Expiring Specials” filters.

Badges

Deploying ReinDroid and RUD01PH will earn you the following badges, respectively:

There is also a line of Christmas Combat Capture badges that you can earn for ReinDroid, RUD01PH, 31F, GingerMech Man, Cyborg Santa, Cybersaurus Rex, and any other future Christmas Combat captures! As a refresher, the first in this line will appear as follows:

Personal Tags

We’ve also added the ReinDroid and RUD01PH tags to the store — you can shop all the tags HERE!

We hope these Christmas Combat specials add a dash of holiday cheer to your map!

Munzee on!

December 14, 2020

Put on These 20/20 Vision Munzees Before Looking Up Today!

To close out a year of 20/20 Vision, we’ve got some glasses to mark a very special occasion! These peeper protectors were deployed this afternoon at 15:00 MHQ. Do you enjoy watching eclipses?

Only twelve Eclipse Glasses will be deployed, and they will bounce to virtuals every 12 hours or when captured. These will be attracted to Virtual Magnets though so be sure to stock up! 

Points:

  • Cap: 200 points
  • CapOn (Host): 100 points

Capturing the Eclipse Glasses will add this eye-catching Solar Sight badge to your collection! Also, as of July we’ve released the details on the overall capture line — the post is HERE if you missed it!

According to NASA, today’s eclipse will only be completely visible from Chile and Argentina — any Munzee players lucky enough to be located there? If so, here are their safety guidelines on viewing eclipses. The main point is making sure to wear protective Eclipse Glasses at all times — the only point when it is safe to view the eclipse without glasses is when the moon is completely covering the sun and not even the tiniest sliver of direct sunlight is reaching you. This happens for a very short time — just a few minutes — so unless you have absolutely perfect timing and know exactly when to put your Eclipse Glasses back on, it’s better to not put your eyes at risk and keep them on the entire time you’ll be viewing.

If you’re not located in Chile or Argentina but are still interested in having an eclipse-viewing experience, try to find a livestream you can watch! While it’s not quite like watching it up in the sky, the upside is you don’t have to worry about protecting your eyes — though you may still want to read up on the safety guidelines above, so that you are prepared for the next occurence near you!

You’ll be able to capture the 20/20 Vision specials on other players’ munzees as well as your own for the remainder of the year! As a reminder, all 20/20 Vision specials will leave the map on 12/31/2020 at 23:59 MHQ. These are the last 20/20 Vision specials of the year, so make sure to be on the lookout if you’re a fan! We hope you look forward to what we have in store for next year!

Show us how you Munzee! Tweet us @Munzee or be sure to post a photo and mention us on Facebook (@Munzee) or Instagram (@munzeeapp). Good luck, and Munzee on!

December 14, 2020

A New Christmas Combat Special So Staff Can Play Too!

As we planned out each Christmas Combatant, we started to feel a little jealous — where’s our toy? So we hope you don’t mind us putting together the humble 31F for us to wind up and unleash out into the world!

31F Details

The 31F is the first temporary Team Owned Bouncer (tTOB)! It has been deployed on behalf of each Freeze Tag staff member’s account as of 12:00 MHQ time!

Points

  • Capture: 500
  • CapOn: 300

You can find these diligent droids bouncing to the following landing pads every 4 hours or when captured:

31F will be attracted to both Physical and Virtual Munzee Magnets, but it is NOT blastable. You can find it by turning on your “All Expiring Specials” and “All Limited Edition Specials” filters. You can access a complete list of FT team accounts at the end of the blog.

31F Capture Badges

There will be 1 badge for capturing a 31F. Since there’s only the 1 badge in this line, we want to keep it a secret for now. Hopefully it shouldn’t be too tough for you to get!

There is also a line of Christmas Combat Capture badges that you can earn for 31F, GingerMech Man, Cyborg Santa, Cybersaurus Rex, and any other future Christmas Combat captures! As a refresher, the first in this line will appear as follows:

Personal Tags

In addition to the Cyborg Santa and Cybersaurus Rex tags, we’ve got new tags for the GingerMech Man and 31F in the store! You can shop them HERE!

We hope these Christmas Combat specials add a dash of holiday cheer to your map!

FT Team Account List:

  • coachV
  • geoibsons
  • dderryberry60
  • redcarrobbie
  • vanderarban
  • bunchalotta
  • Teraca
  • Charis047
  • dalenbarb
  • spacecoastgeostore
  • WylCrawford
  • Cholland86
  • fixitman
  • Raan
  • gmigueis
  • Kirikat
  • AndyCam

Munzee on!

December 13, 2020

Holiday Card Collectors Club Tier 3 Day 13: GingerMech Man

We’re kicking off the 12 days before Christmas with another temporary POB for Tier 3 Holiday Card Collectors Club members! We bet you’re curious to find out all his features and functions, so without further ado…

GingerMech Man Details

As previously stated, the GingerMech Man is a temporary POB. It will deploy on your account when you capture your holiday mailbox on December 13. The mailbox must be capped on December 13th 00:01-23:59 MHQ time to deploy GingerMech Man. Like the Spyderbot, it will stay on the map until it has been captured 5 times, when it will be archived on your account. After the fifth capture a GingerMech Man will be “snapped” which results in more points for the capper.

GingerMech Man will bounce to certain virtual munzees (listed below) for the first 4 captures, but after being capped 4 times it will land on a physical munzee where it can now be snapped. If you’ve ever deployed a Butterfly or Frog Evolution munzee, these will behave similarly with a few exceptions.

Points

  • Deploy: 500
  • Capture: 250
  • CapOn: 100
  • Snap (5th Cap): 500

You can find these bionic cookies bouncing to the following landing pads every 4 hours or when captured:

Like the Cyborg Santa, the GingerMech Man will be available for multi-capture. That means players can capture a GingerMech Man on their own munzees, any previously captured munzees, and more than once if the same GingerMech Man visits you. However, GingerMech Men are non-blastable and will not be attracted to magnets. You can access GingerMech Man by turning on your “All Limited Edition Specials” and “All Expiring Specials” filters.

Badges

Deploying GingerMech Man will earn you the following badge:

There is also a line of Christmas Combat Capture badges that you can earn for GingerMech Man, Cyborg Santa, Cybersaurus Rex, and any other future Christmas Combat captures (hint, hint)! As a refresher, the first in this line will appear as follows:

We hope you enjoy unwrapping Day 13 of the Holiday Card Collectors Club! Make sure to cap your Holiday Mailbox each day so you don’t miss out!

Otherwise, if you still haven’t joined the club yet and would like to do so now, click HERE! If you purchase a Tier 3 membership TODAY you can still get a GingerMech Man as long as you deploy and cap your Holiday Mailbox before 23:59 MHQ time on December 13th.

Lastly, if you want to check out what today’s Greeting Card looks like, or review past day’s goodies, you can check out the blog post HERE. Please note that that blog post may not immediately have the latest info as we cannot pre-schedule updates, but we’ll do so as soon as we can!

Munzee on!

December 9, 2020

Holiday Card Collectors Club Tier 3 Day 9: Christmas Pickle Hunt

Tier 3 Holiday Card Collectors Club members have their own exclusive hunt! Much like Saturday’s Snowball Gathering, upon capturing your Holiday Mailbox, a whole forest of ChristmaZ Trees will scatter nearby! To reiterate, the mailbox must be capped on December 9th 00:01-23:59 MHQ time to deploy the ChristmaZ Trees. They’ll stay on the map for 36 hours after scattering, so that should give you ample time to collect them all! Also the capture radius is increased to 750 feet for these!

A total of 20 ChristmaZ Tree specials will be unleashed! These will only be visible to the Holiday Mailbox owner and will scatter like Feathers. This means there are no CapOn points but they are worth 100 points for capture!

Though there will only be one icon shown on the map, there is guaranteed to be 1 special ChristmaZ Pickle with a different icon that will not be visible until captured, similar to how the Greeting Cards work. Also similar to the ongoing WallaEggZ! The ChristmaZ Pickle is worth 250 points for capture.

To access these specials, please turn on your “All Expiring Specials” and “All Limited Edition Specials” filters.

Badge

There will be 1 badge for finding the ChristmaZ Pickle. Since there’s only the 1 badge in this line, we want to keep it a secret for now. Hopefully it shouldn’t be too tough for you to get!

We hope you enjoy unwrapping Day 9 of the Holiday Card Collectors Club! Make sure to cap your Holiday Mailbox each day so you don’t miss out!

Otherwise, if you still haven’t joined the club yet and would like to do so now, click HERE! If you purchase a Tier 3 membership TODAY you can still get ChristmaZ Tree specials long as you deploy and cap your Holiday Mailbox before 23:59 MHQ time on December 9th.

Lastly, if you want to check out what today’s Greeting Card looks like, or review past day’s goodies, you can check out the blog post HERE. Please note that that blog post may not immediately have the latest info as we cannot pre-schedule updates, but we’ll do so as soon as we can!

Munzee on!

December 5, 2020

Holiday Card Collectors Club ALL Tiers Day 5: Snowball Gathering

ALL Holiday Card Collectors Club members are in for a special treat today! Upon capturing your Holiday Mailbox, a whole arsenal of Snowballs will scatter nearby! To reiterate, The mailbox must be capped on December 5th 00:01-23:59 MHQ time to deploy the Snowballs. They’ll stay on the map until 36 hours after scattering, so that should give you ample time to collect them all!

A total of 50 Snowball specials will be unleashed! These will only be visible to the Holiday Mailbox owner and will scatter like Feathers. This means there are no CapOn points but they are worth 100 points for capture!

Though there will only be one icon shown on the map, there is guaranteed to be 1 special Rainbow Snow Cone with a different icon that will not be visible until captured, similar to how the Greeting Cards work. Also similar to the ongoing WallaEggZ! The Rainbow Snow Cone is worth 250 points for capture.

To access these specials, please turn on your “All Expiring Specials” and “All Limited Edition Specials” filters.

Badges

There is also a line featuring 3 new badges to earn. The first badge in the series appears as follows:

Snow Cone Kit- Capture one Snowball special.

It’s up to you to figure out the exact requirements for the remaining 2 badges! Cap as many of these specials as you can to set yourself up for success!

We hope you enjoy unwrapping Day 5 of the Holiday Card Collectors Club! Make sure to cap your Holiday Mailbox each day so you don’t miss out!

Otherwise, if you still haven’t joined the club yet and would like to do so now, click HERE! If you purchase any membership TODAY you can still get Snowball specials long as you deploy and cap your Holiday Mailbox before 23:59 MHQ time on December 5th.

Lastly, if you want to check out what today’s Greeting Card looks like, or review past day’s goodies, you can check out the blog post HERE. Please note that that blog post may not immediately have the latest info as we cannot pre-schedule updates, but we’ll do so as soon as we can!

Munzee on!

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