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January 15, 2016

Announcing the 2016 Munzee Theme…

2014: Expect The Unexpected.

For players who were around in 2014, you’ve certainly heard these words in one form or another. President Rob Vardeman chanted this mantra at many meetings, events and podcasts in Munzee’s third year of business. We were striving to keep things fresh, surprise our players and grow as a company. Often this also meant surprising the MHQ staff with quick turnaround on projects and unexpected campaigns.

2015: New Year. New Perspective.

In 2015 we aimed to flip everything on it’s side and approach our game in new ways. From retiring the MVM to transferring to hybrids apps in the long-awaited 3.0 release, we changed the way we looked at the company. 2015 saw the creation of Zee, Eventzee, Runzee and the acquisition of Wallabee- all different ways of playing mobile games.Not to mention the continued success of the Munzee Marketplace and the creation of Green Pin Produce. It was a year of big changes, but admittedly there were some growing pains.

At the end of 2015 we as a staff thought hard about the successes and missteps of our four years in business. We analyzed what worked, what didn’t, and what we would have to do in 2016 to continue the success of our brand. No matter our expectations, no matter which way we looked at it, the success of Munzee all came down to one thing: You, our community.

2016: Growing Innovative Communities Rooted In Fun.

More than a theme, 2016’s mantra is a combination of a goal, a mission and a vision. It’s time for us to get back to our roots, which is our strong and devoted community of players. Although our community spans the globe and grows every day, we want to ensure that our relationship and our communication is maintained with players of all Munzee Inc. games. Of course there will always be branches that break and sometimes the weather may rustle a few leaves, but like the mighty oak tree, we will continue to grow as long as we maintain strong roots.

As all branches of our company grow our communities grow as well. Because without the roots of our community we cannot grow, innovate and evolve as a business. Thank you on behalf of all Team MHQ- we’re excited for what 2016 has to bring.

January 14, 2016

New Munzee Online Store Soft Opening

When the Munzee store originally launched in February 2013, it was a new and exciting way for quality Munzee stickers and products to be sold. It also allowed us to try new things and you, our players, to grow the map and game like we never expected. Almost three years later, however, that store just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Towards the end of last year, we began looking into alternative options for a new store. After months of research and testing, a new option was chosen, and we got to work building it out. Now, it’s time to test it.

From Friday, January 15th at 14:00 CST until Sunday, January 17th at 23:59 CST, the new Munzee store will be live for a soft opening. The new store can be found here or at https://munzeestore.myshopify.com/ and will ONLY be active during that time frame. After the soft opening, we will assess what works and needs to be changed, and we will announce when we will be switching over for good!

You never know what new things you may find in the store, so check it out tomorrow! Thank you for all of your support, and grow the map!

January 13, 2016

Munzee Videocast #39

Join Rob and Matt for the first Munzee Videocast of 2016! They’ll be live on-air talking about what’s going on in the Munzee Universe and taking your questions!

Date: Friday, January 15th

Time: 13:00 CST

Links: To participate and ask questions, you can join us here. To watch via YouTube, you can go here.

Don’t miss out!

January 12, 2016

Team Munzee Tuezday: Robbie McGuire

Here at Munzee we’re constantly encouraging our players to meet and greet and build the personal relationships that make this game so great. Our team continues to grow and we’re excited with the addition of Robbie McGuire.

Name and Title: 
Robbie McGuire, WallaBee Community Outreach and Player Support

Where are you from? 
Whittier, CA

Tell us about yourself:
I grew up in a family of five. I was home-schooled through high school, graduated from Biola University, and married a few months later. My wife and I just moved to Texas at the turn of the year.

How long have you worked for Munzee?
A little over a month now…? (Editor’s note: I’m not sure of the uncertainty in his answer. Yes, we’ve been proud to have Robbie on our staff for almost two months as of publication.)

What do you enjoy most about Munzee?
I enjoy the ability to do what I love. Munzee/WallaBee allows me the opportunity to help others the way I would want to be helped.

What are some of your other hobbies?
I like playing video games, playing ultimate frisbee, tinkering with various forms of artwork, and so much more.

Any last words?
Thanks for being part of such a great community!

January 11, 2016

Double Point Weekend!

This weekend, current Premium Members and MunzPak Subscribers from December and January will have a Double Point Weekend! This event will take place from 00:01 CST on January 15th until 23:59 CST on January 17th!

If you fall into one (or both) of these categories, you’ll be receiving an email shortly with all of the information regarding which Munzees will be worth double points. If you’re not a Premium Member or MunzPak Subscriber, you still have time to get in on the weekend! The cut-off date for access is January 14th, so don’t miss out!

You can become a premium member here or join MunzPak here!

-Matt

Presidential sneaky note: Here’s the details. shhhhhhh… #DontTellMatt

2x Points Munzees:

All Jewels
Regular Virtuals
Mystery Virtuals
Greenies
Clan Weapons
Premium Munzees
ACCESSIBILITY MUNZEES!
Social Munzees 😉
RMH Virtuals

#SomeoneToldRob

Edit 1: Deploys and Cap Ons will also be doubled.

Edit 2: ALL colors of virtuals and ALL colors of mystery virtuals.

Edit 3: Why did Edit 1&2 mysteriously disappear? They are back now.

Edit 4: ACCESSIBILITY MUNZEES! (added to list above)

Edit 5: Matt’s back fixing Rob’s spelling mistakes.

Edit 6: Adding the RMH Virtuals

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!

January 4, 2016

To All of Our Players

We would like to discuss the issues that have occurred over the past few days.

On Christmas Day, our hosting provider, Linode, came under a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack from unknown assailants. This attack was aimed at their hosting facilities around the world, including Atlanta, Georgia, where Munzee Inc’s servers are hosted. This attacked lasted 10 days, the worst of which were this weekend. They finally came to a stop yesterday when Linode was able to mitigate them. Though there was intermitant uptime, our services, including apps, websites, and stores, were down the majority of the weekend. There was little (read:nothing) our team could do but wait for Linode to restore service. We tried to keep our communities up to date as best we could, but our fate was in the hands of Linode at that point.

Though the down time was the result of a cyber attack, we realize that it is not fair or acceptable to you to not be able to play. We are currently researching changes to ensure that downtimes like those that occured never happen again. These changes include, but are not limited to, hosting servers at multiple data centers, hosting servers with multiple companies, or changing hosting providers. When we decide what the best action to take is, we will inform you before these changes take place and keep you up to date on the progress.

As for gameplay that was missed the past few days:

Capture and Deploy Streaks will not be affected. January 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are now “Black Out Dates” in our databases. This means that when Capture and Deploy Streaks are calculated, these days will be skipped (i.e. if December 31st was Day 10 of your capture or deploy streak, January 4th will be Day 11). If you have any question regarding the number of days in your streak, check the badge on the app or website.
Any points or badges that were earned during the Black Out Dates WILL still count.
Clan Wars will begin on January 6th. Some of the requirements and rewards have been updated, so please check the blog post to see what’s changed.

We’ve altered some of our plans for this month, so please take note of the following events:

MunzPak Double Point Weekend
- The Double Point Weekend will take place January 15th-17th and will include the following:
  - MunzPak Subscribers from December 2015,
  - MunzPak Subscribers from January 1st-January 14th, 2016 (If you didn’t subscribe in December, you still have a chance to subscribe.),
  - AND ALL CURRENT Premium Members.
- These users will receive an email next week with more information as we finalize the plans and check them 10 times. 😉
Double Point Weekend for Everyone
- A Double Point Weekend for EVERY Munzee player will take place January 29th-31st. We will post more information about that weekend on the blog as we get closer.

We again apologize for these issues and can’t thank you enough for your support through them. There’s a lot going on this month, so stay tuned and check the blog and our social media regularly to make sure you’re up to date.

Once again, thank you, and Grow the Map!

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 24, 2015

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Team Munzee

Hey, everyone!

From our family to yours, Team Munzee would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays! We’re grateful for all of our players around the world, and we’re excited for the coming year.

Make sure you’ve checked your email for information regarding Flat Rob appearances and end of the year store sales. Also, as a gift from us to you, giveaways for random captures started this morning (12/24) and will last until January 1, 2016 at 12:00 MHQ time.

We hope you enjoy your holiday season! Stay safe and we’ll see you soon!