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November 23, 2015

Holiday Season Plans

Well, the holiday season is upon us. For the MHQ team, that means a lot of travelling. Below is a list of events you should be aware of.

American Thanksgiving

The MHQ staff (including Rob) will be out of the office from Wednesday, November 25th through Sunday, November 29th. That means Flat Robs will be back on the map during those days!

Christmas Parties

The amount of Christmas parties on the schedule is amazing, and we can’t wait to see the results of them! Rob and Matt will be travelling to events during December.
- Rob will be attending “Capping the Coast” during the first weekend of December! If you’re in the Florida area,or just want to have a good time, make sure you join!
- Matt will be attending “Metro Vancouver Post Holiday Cap’ing” on December 27th. It’s the first official Munzee visit to Vancouver, so if you’re in the Pacific Northwest and can make it, he’d love to meet you all!

Christmas and New Year’s Plans

MHQ staff will be out of the office for some days during December to spend time with their families for Christmas and the new year. We’ll provide more details about those dates (and when you’ll be able to catch Flat Rob on the map again) as we get closer.

Remember, it’s Cyber Munzweek! Make sure you’re up to date with all of the events going on by checking out our previous blog post, and get in on the action!

November 11, 2015

We’re always looking for new ways to innovate and enhance Munzee, and why not ask the people who make the game great? We’re taking suggestions for new types of Munzees to add to the game. Just follow this link and submit your idea! We’ll choose some of the best and put them to a vote. The winner will work with us to create the new Munzee, be given a set amount of them upon release, and be credited for the idea when released and in it’s description on the Types page on the Munzee website, and get a lifetime Premium Membership! Get your ideas in fast, though. Submissions will only be accepted through the end of the month!

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

November 3, 2015

Cut Off Date for Customised Christmas Events

We’ve been overwhelmed with the response for Christmas Party events. The amount of submissions is requiring us to make a cut off date so that all requested customised badges and icons can be completed in time. No further submissions for customised badges and icons for December will be accepted after 17:00 CST tomorrow, November 4^th.

We have, however, drawn up generic badges and icons that can be customised with event names so that hosts can still be in for the Artful Dodger and/or Full Turkey Dinner levels. We want to make sure we provide the best service possible, so please contact Louise straight away if you’re interested in fully customised artwork for your December event.

Also, it seems some event submissions aren’t going through correctly, so if you have attempted to contact us for an event and haven’t heard back, please email Louise directly at louise@munzee.com so she can get your request in before the cut off time.

Thank you, and grow the map!

October 28, 2015

November 2015 Clan Requirements

It’s that time of the month again! Here are November’s Clan Requirements:

#1:
1,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 200
Clan total motel/hotel caps min. 5
Clan total deploys min. 20
Clan total points min. 12,000
Rewards: 1 virtual

#2:
2,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 800
Clan total motel/hotel caps min. 10
Clan total deploys min. 100
Clan total points min. 30,000
Rewards: 1 virtual, 2 maces, 1 virtual color

#3:
5,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 1,600
Clan total motel/hotel caps min. 15
Clan total deploys min. 150
Clan total points min. 70,000
Rewards: 1 mace, 1 longsword, 2 virtuals

#4:
15,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 2,300
Clan total motel/hotel caps min. 25
Clan total deploys min. 300
Clan total points min. 200,000
Rewards: 1 battle axe, 2 longswords, 1 motel, 3 virtuals, 2 diamonds

#5:
20,000 total points per player
Clan total caps min. 2,800
Clan total motel/hotel caps min. 35
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
* Every family jewel type deploy counts for 2 deploys

October 27, 2015

Don’t Forget, Scorpio Zodiac is in Full Effect!

Don’t miss out on your chance to get started with the Zodiac line of munzees with this month’s MunzPak! The Scorpio Zodiac Munzee included in October’s MunzPak is in full effect right now (October 23rd thru November 21st). MunzPak is the ONLY place you’ll be able to get Zodiac Munzees. October MunzPaks are available until October 31st, so make sure you subscribe before it’s too late!

October 22, 2015

The Future Is Now!

Well October 21st has come and gone. Still no self lacing shoes (yet!), no flying cars, and the Cubs won’t be winning the world series… But, we did have hover boards! For one gleaming day, hover boards were a reality in the Munzee world, and you guys went out and got them! During the 48 hours in which it was October 21st throughout the world, players captured 87,116 hover board icons!

We’d also like to take this opportunity to recognize Rob Steer and the Back to the Future Day event he hosted in Shepparton, Australia. The badge for capturing the hover board icons was a variation on the badge our designers created for his event.

To everyone who participated in Back to the Future Day events over the past few days, thank you! We hope you all enjoyed the special. We’ve got more exciting things coming!

September 28, 2015

Introducing the Zodiac Munzee Line

When we launched the MunzPak service, we wanted to provide subscribers with new munzees and exclusive launches. With the October MunzPak, we will be doing just that. It will include the beginning of a new line of munzees: The Zodiac Munzees. These are physical stickers, not credits or virtuals.

Each month will include a new member of the Zodiac line, starting with Scorpio in October. Every Zodiac will be worth 10 deploy, capture, and cap on points. During the zodiac’s range, however, those numbers will double. For example, if a Scorpio is deployed or captured between October 23rd and November 21st, it will be worth 20 capture, deploy, and cap on points. Players will also earn a corresponding badge when they deploy a Zodiac Munzee. You can also see this information at https://www.munzee.com/types. Zodiac stickers will be mailed each month in the MunzPak and available exclusively in this program.

October’s MunzPak will include 5 Scorpio Munzees, 1 Ruby Munzee, 1 Hotel Munzee, 1 Virtual Amethyst Munzee, and a $5 gift certificate to the Munzee Store that will be emailed to you.

If you aren’t currently a MunzPak subscriber and want to get September’s Virtual MunzPak, you can still subscribe before the end of the month. Once your subscription has processed this is your renewal date. If you would like to move that date forward in October you can email us on the date you would like your October’s MunzPak to be processed at orders@munzee.com. **We are only able to move your subscription to the current date**

September 28, 2015

Communication is Key

There’s been some discussion regarding communication between Munzee and our players. We would like to clear up some of these topics.

First off, our official communication channels. When Munzee first started, we wanted to be accessible and monitor the pulse of the game very closely. In doing so, many members of Team Munzee were very active in unofficial groups and information was spread in multiple places. As the game and our business have grown, we’ve had to distance ourselves in some respects. Everyone plays the game their own way and though we would love to be able to take every request personally, we don’t all have the time to do so. From this point forward, all communications regarding gameplay changes, official announcements, etc. will come through this blog. Blog posts will still be linked through Munzee social media channels, but information will always lead back to here. We will still be posting daily on social media with content such as #MunzeeFound and game-related questions/discussions. If you would like to contact MHQ, we ask that you use official channels as well. Going to https://www.munzee.com/contact will provide you with the options you need to get in touch with us.

Secondly, the Munzee 3.0 app. As we’ve said before, Munzee has changed quite a bit since the beginning. We wanted to redesign the app to represent how far we’ve come and make it easier to update as we move forward. Part of this change to 3.0 requires us to stop the functionality of the 2.x versions of the apps. This decision was not taken lightly. We had many discussions internally about the future of the Munzee app, and for technological and financial, we had to make this choice.

As with all major updates and changes like this one, there are some compatibility issues and bugs in the code. Our developers are constantly working to improve the app for everyone. We take player suggestions and requests very seriously. Though we cannot always implement these ideas or detail what’s to come in the future, we want to ensure you that we do review the submissions we receive.

Lastly, our ever growing suite of apps. In the past year, we’ve added quite a few new apps to our repertoire. These apps take a lot of time to design, program, test, etc., and we try to maintain current apps while developing new apps and features the best we can. Our developers are dedicated to making their projects the best they can, and we’re in the process of structuring our teams to streamline these development processes. We have not, and will never, forget any of our apps or players who use those apps. There are always more features and updates in the pipeline. We will have more information on some of these changes very soon.

From everyone at MHQ, we want to thank you for playing Munzee. We are making it a priority to communicate pertinent information more effectively as we move forward. We hope you will like what’s to come, and grow the map!