Posts Tagged ‘clan’

January 6, 2016

New Website Features!

We’ve added a few new features to the website map to help your Munzee adventures!

Plan For Group
Do you like to cap as a group but have a hard time finding areas where you all haven’t capped yet? Check out the new “Plan For Group” feature on the website map. Together with the “Exclude Captured Munzees” filter, you’ll only see munzees that all of you can cap!

Addtional “Route” Features
When using the “Route” feature on the website map, you can change the mode of travel. Your options now include: driving, walking, bicycling, and transit!

December 28, 2015

UPDATE: New Year’s Resolutions

UPDATE: New Year’s Resolutions can be found here. We will be requesting updates monthly and posting them on the Resolutions page!

This year, the members of Team Munzee were asked to come up with at least one New Year’s Resolution. It could be work-related or personal, and they were told it would be posted on the Munzee website to be visible and updated throughout the year. Some of the resolutions include:

Scott: “Run 4 days a week so that I can run in the 2016 Dallas Marathon.”
Louise: “I would…love to become a Guinness World Record holder..”
Daniel F.: “I think my goal is to lose 4 kg of body weight. Nothing fancy, but healthy.”

We don’t want to do it alone, though! We want to know what your resolutions are and have you join us in being accountable for them. Send your resolutions to iloveyou@munzee.com with the subject “New Year’s Resolution”. We’ll add them to the list of our resolutions on the Munzee website and allow you to update them as well!

We’ll be posting the link to the resolutions page next Monday (January 4, 2016)!

December 28, 2015

UPDATED: January 2016 Clan Requirements

UPDATE: Due to the outages during the first of the month, some of the Clan Requirements have been updated. Changed requirements and rewards have been bolded.

Here’s what is in store for the first month of 2016!

#1:
1,000 total points per player
Clan total greenie caps min. ~~300~~ 200
Clan total deploys min. 30
Clan total points min. 12,000
Rewards: 1 2 virtuals

#2:
2,000 total points per player
capture Munzees on 7 5 days (no need to be consecutive, Socials do NOT count)
Clan total greenie caps min. ~~1,000~~ 750
Clan total deploys min. 60
Clan total points min. 30,000
Rewards: 1 2 virtuals, 2 maces, 1 2 virtual colors

#3:
4,000 total points per player
capture Munzees on 10 7 days (no need to be consecutive, Socials do NOT count)
Clan total greenie caps min. ~~1,500~~ 1,200
Clan total deploys min. 120
Clan total points min. 70,000
Rewards: 1 mace, 1 2 longswords, 1 2 aquamarines

#4:
12,000 total points per player
capture Munzees on 14 12 days (no need to be consecutive, Socials do NOT count)
Clan total greenie caps min. ~~2,200~~ 1,800
Clan total deploys min. 200
Clan total points min. 180,000
Rewards: 1 battle axe, 2 3 longswords, 1 motel, 2 3 diamonds

#5:
25,000 total points per player
capture Munzees on 20 18 days (no need to be consecutive, Socials do NOT count)
Clan total greenie caps min. ~~3,000~~ 2,500
Clan total deploys min. 300
Clan total points min. 350,000
Rewards: 1 THE HAMMER, 2 3 battle axe, 3 ~~mace~~ longswords, 1 motel, 2 3 virtual, 2 ruby, 1 diamond, 1 3 virtual color

December 15, 2015

Christmas Parties Are In Full Swing!

We’re halfway through the month of December, and the Munzee Christmas Parties are in full swing! Rob, Matt, Louise, Daniel Hammock, and Daniel Fischer have all attended events already this month! Matt will also be attending the Metro Vancouver Post Holiday Cap’ing event on December 27th, and he’s excited!

In less than two weeks, 1140 players have capped the Father Christmas special, and we have another 17 events happening worldwide in the next 7 days! We can’t wait to see the outcome of them! Also, if you haven’t checked it out yet, the Dodgy Jumper gallery is live! We’re adding more images as we get them, so check it out!

These events have given us some crazy capture numbers, too! Matt stopped by the office around 3PM MHQ time on Saturday, and there were over 103,000 captures! We want to thank everyone who has hosted and/or attended an event for growing the game!

December 3, 2015

It’s Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Christmas…Kind Of

It’s December, and we’re getting into the Christmas spirit here at MHQ. We’ve got a slight problem, though. We’ve got two Christmas trees with no ornaments, and we need your help! If you’d like to participate, download this ornament template, fill it in with your design, and email it back to us! We’ll print them out, and on December 21st, we’ll show off our decorated trees!

Please email your completed designs you iloveyou@munzee.com with the subject “Christmas Tree Ornaments” so we can keep track of them all!

December 1, 2015

The Christmas Parties Are Beginning!

So here we are, it’s December! The Munzee Christmas Parties start tomorrow. We are very excited about everything planned. What a fantastic Munzee Community we have. There are 24 events just in the next 7 days! Don’t forget to check the calendar at https://calendar.munzee.com/ to see if there is one near you! If there isn’t, don’t worry, it’s not too late to host one yourself. Add it to the calendar or contact me directly at louise@munzee.com if you are having difficulties.

I have some important information relating to some of the features of the Christmas Parties, these two points are for all attendees to all parties:

Be sure to capture the Event Indicator Munzee at the event you attend. Your host has the code. This not only gives you the Event Indicator special icon, it will also give you the Christmas Party Attendee badge and a little surprise from Father Christmas.
Be sure to wear your best festive gear if you would like a chance at winning the Dodgy Jumper competition. Hosts will be submitting a player name and photo after the event. That player and the hosts will get the Dodgy Jumper badge. Hosts: just because you will be getting the badge for nominating someone else doesn’t mean you don’t have to make an effort!

Most events have taken the Lucky Dip option. This is a $20 add on that turns a specified Munzee into a magic Munzee that gives a credit item from the past, present or future every time it is capped. If you would like to add this to your event, please let me know ASAP.

Lastly, I would like to thank you all for your support with events. Your enthusiasm and efforts involved in them as hosts and attendees is fantastic and I look forward to growing the game, the map and the community even more with you all. Have a wonderful time this month and I can’t wait to hear all about it and see all those dodgy pictures!!

Cheers and Merry Christmas, Louise x

November 28, 2015

December Clan Requirements

#1:
1,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 200
Clan total trail stage caps min. 5
Clan total deploys min. 10
Clan total points min. 12,000
Rewards: 1 virtual

#2:
2,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 800
Clan total trail stage caps min. 15
Clan total deploys min. 80
Clan total points min. 30,000
Rewards: 1 virtual, 2 maces, 1 virtual color

#3:
4,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 1,600
Clan total trail stage caps min. 20
Clan total deploys min. 120
Clan total points min. 70,000
Rewards: 1 mace, 1 longsword, 2 virtuals

#4:
12,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 2,300
Clan total trail stage caps min. 40
Clan total deploys min. 200
Clan total points min. 180,000
Rewards: 1 battle axe, 2 longswords, 1 motel, 2 virtuals, 1 diamond

#5:
20,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 2,800
Clan total trail stage caps min. 60
Clan total deploys min. 600
Clan total points min. 350,000
Rewards: 1 THE HAMMER, 2 battle axe, 1 mace, 1 motel, 2 ruby, 5 virtuals

* Motel/Hotel rooms don’t count for total caps, so a motel/hotel is 1 capture as is any other type
* Trail stages can be physical or virtual
* Social captures do not count toward total caps

November 20, 2015

Cyber Munzweek 2015!

This coming week is filled with holidays and sales days, especially in the US. We’ve decided to celebrate all over the world with Cyber Munzweek and introduce new items as well as thank you, our players, for all of your support. Below is a list of each day and what we will be doing. Unless indicated otherwise, sales/specials will begin at 10am MHQ time that day and will last until 9:59am the following morning.

Monday, November 23rd: Giveaways!
We’re starting the week off with freebies! Credit items will be awarded at random for captures* from 00:01-23:59 MHQ time.

Tuesday, November 24th: MORE Giveaways!
One giveaway day isn’t enough, is it? We don’t think so! We will continue to award credit items for random captures* from 00:01-23:59 MHQ time.

Wednesday, November 25th: Premo Sale!
From 00:01-23:59 MHQ time, premium members get 20% off the Munzee online store (excluding premium memberships and gift certificates).

Thursday, November 26th: ThanksGIVE-ing!
Premium members will receive One (1) Flat Rob and One (1) New Surprise Munzee for free!

Friday, November 27th: New Virt!
All new Virtual Trails will be on sale! A five (5) stop trail will be $3 (regularly $5) and a ten (10) stop trail will be $5 (regularly $10)! Also, we have a very limited number of surplus October MunzPaks that will be available for $20 (that WILL NOT include the virtual items).

Saturday, November 28th: SCATTER!
We’re introducing the Scatter Munzee! These will be on sale for $3 (regularly $5).

Sunday, November 29th: Prizes!
You never know what you’ll get with the Prize Wheel Munzee! They will be on sale for $2 (regularly $5).

Monday, November 30th: SURPRISE?!
When we retired the Mystery Virtual Munzee, we promised something would replace it. Well, here it is! The Surprise Munzee will be on sale for $3 (regularly $5). We’re not stopping there, though. We will be releasing 1000 Limited Edition Unicorn Munzees for $20. Limit 1 per person.

*Socials do not count toward captures for prizes.

Brief Descriptions of New Munzee Types

Surprise Munzee: When captured, it will take on the best point characteristics of a random Munzee from a predetermined list for points (e.g. Full Hotel/Motel, Diamond Ruby, etc)
Virtual Trails: Distance rules are the same as physical Trail Munzees, and the point structure is extended for stops 6-10.
Scatter Munzee: When captured, this munzee will throw out (similar to the ghost pellet specials) 4 special munzees on greenies within a 1 mile radius that can be captured within 2 hours. Anyone can capture these new munzees.
Prize Wheel Munzee: When captured, the player will receive points or rewards randomly based on a predetermined list (e.g. 20-100 points, DIamond +10 points, Hotel + 10 points, etc).
Unicorn Munzee: These munzees behave like nomads, but are owned by players.

Full descriptions of each Munzee will be released on the blog the day they go for sale.

NOTE: We are still accepting submissions for the Make Us A Munzee competition. The munzees we are releasing next week have been in production for quite some time. Though some of the submissions we have received are very similar, the new releases are not reflective of that competition.

November 11, 2015

Christmas Parties and Something to Watch For

First off, thanks from Louise for all the Christmas Party submissions and artwork requests. They are all set in the queue, and Trish is steadily working through them. Just recently completed was the host badges for all the different packages and the attendee badge. We thought you might like to see the badge you will get if you attend a Christmas Party this December. We hope you are digging out your best Christmas attire in preparation for the Dodgy Jumper competition! The badge for the winner of that at each event is pretty special! Keep your eyes peeled for a sneak peek of that at some point soon! Any issues or concerns about events please contact Louise directly at louise@munzee.com.

This afternoon, we’ll have an announcement that we hope you’ll be very excited about. We sure are. Stay tuned!

November 5, 2015

Nobody Told Me

Howdy everyone! — I’m back from a week of rest. I really appreciate the entire team for taking over some of my responsibilities. It was nice to come back and find a nice clean desk (thanks Cecie), a new item on the map (that was a by-product of a team brainstorm), and some excited people. I’m writing this to update you, the players, on a few things that have been going on, a few slips, and some good news for tomorrow and the future.

As a company, we’ve promised to be more transparent and upfront with you, our players. In that spirit, we have a few things to update you on and announce.

Munzee App Update

Yesterday (November 4th), we pushed Munzee 3.0.3 to the App Store and Google Play Store. This update included:

An Updated Scanner that reflects GPS accuracy
The ability to turn the capture sound on and off
Referral Codes
Improved GPS
Various bug fixes and improvements

We’d like to reiterate that each of our apps has a dedicated team working on them. Each member of those teams works solely on their assigned app. We are constantly working to improve and update our apps to provide the best playing experience possible.

Server Issues

The servers for Munzee Inc are hosted off site at a hosting provider. This past weekend, that hosting provider had a major network outage that affected many companies, including us. While we were in contact with the hosting provider, we were unable to get a time frame for restoration of functionality to pass on due to the uncertainty of the exact issue. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that these issues caused. We are exploring multiple avenues to keep this from happening and provide an up-to-date status of the Munzee services.

Videocast

Matt and I will be doing a videocast again tomorrow (Friday) at 2pm MHQ time to provide updates and answer questions. Make sure to join us on Google+.

Flat Robs

I will be out of town on business this weekend, so Flat Robs will appear again on the map after the videocast tomorrow through Sunday at 23:59 CST. Remember, you don’t have to redeploy them. They will appear in the location they were originally deployed.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks with both good and bad, but we’re excited to move forward. We appreciate each and every one of you, and we come to work each day with you in mind. We’ve got a lot of plans in the works, and we can’t wait to share them with you! Grow the map! On behalf of the entire Munzee team I thank you! – Rob