Official Munzee Podcast

Munzee Weekly Podcast - Friday December 12th, 2025

• Rob Vardeman & Craig Michell • Season 3 • Episode 50

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In this episode of the Munzee podcast, hosts Rob and Craig discuss the excitement leading up to Christmas, celebrate a young player's milestone birthday, and highlight recent global Munzee events. They delve into the leaderboard achievements of top players, introduce new releases like the Reindeer Widdlz, and share insights on the art and design behind Munzee items. The hosts also address technical issues surrounding the Party Pinata launch, unveil new features such as the Christmas Tree Garden templates, and reveal plans for future events in 2026. The episode concludes with community engagement, answering listener questions and providing gameplay tips.


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Craig (00:01.228)
Welcome to the official Munzee podcast.

Rob (00:03.873)
I'm Rob, also known as Coach V, your host and the president of Munzee.

Craig (00:07.838)
And I'm Craig, also known as Seemyshell. I started as an avid Munzee player, now proudly part of the team.

Rob (00:13.333)
Each week we'll delve into Munzee's mysteries, divulge some secrets, and inform players from around the world just what is coming your way.

Craig (00:20.258)
So sit back, relax. Today's episode, we're chatting about whittling your way down to Christmas. We're nearly there. We're like, almost there. I mean, how many days have we got left? We've got less than two weeks left till Christmas.

Rob (00:29.443)
I can't believe it.

Rob (00:37.251)
How how how every day every week, you know, how did how are we already this point in the year? Yeah, it flies

Craig (00:37.762)
Yeah.

Craig (00:45.326)
I know, you know, and it always happens, you know, come the January turns around and you go, oh, we've got so long till Christmas. And then all of sudden we come to this point, we've got two weeks left till Christmas. How does it work? anyway.

Rob (00:56.343)
Wow, it's because everything is so much fun that, you know, that it just flies by everything.

Craig (01:00.418)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (01:04.525)
Time flies when you're having fun. Exactly right. Exactly. And speaking of having fun, Rob, I will say this. The most important part of today's episode is happening right now. The most important information is right now. The most important announcement is right now. And that is a young Munzee player of ours is turning 18. Yes, 18, the big one eight. Around, around.

Rob (01:07.54)
Indeed.

Rob (01:15.382)
Okay.

Rob (01:25.857)
Woohoohoo! What? Who is it? Who?

Craig (01:29.71)
around every part of the world. know, this 18 year old would be classed an adult and be able to drink alcohol, et cetera as well, but not in the good old US of A. we're talking about Sloban 11, Sloban 11 or Sloban 11.

Rob (01:35.576)
Yeah.

Not here.

Rob (01:45.091)
Slubbin, Slubbin, S-lubbin, 11, yeah, whatever it is. Thanks for playing Munzee. That's amazing. Happy birthday, Slubbin11.

Craig (01:48.78)
Yes, Lubbin? Yes!

Craig (01:57.004)
It's not every day you get a Munzey player turning 18. I mean, the reverse happens a lot, 81, but not 18.

Rob (02:00.963)
Sure. well, happy birthday to all of those people, too. We appreciate you sticking around and playing. wow. That's mean. Anyway, this is about the young player out there. Thanks. Thanks for thanks for enjoying the game. You know, and yeah. Hey, if anybody out there's got a special birthday coming up, you know, like F.R.L.K., we know that he's got a special birthday coming up.

Craig (02:07.378)
Exactly. Call Cracker7. Call Cracker7. Anyway, she's gonna love me for that. This is true. This is true.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah. He's got one coming up.

Rob (02:31.211)
Why not hit you up? We're more than happy to like, hey, it's the announcement of the week, know, someone special celebrations. Yeah.

Craig (02:32.715)
Yeah, absolutely. Exactly. Birthday Announcement. Celebrations. Exactly right. Meanwhile, what have you been up to this last week as well there,

Rob (02:43.921)
man, I've been celebrating some really cool, good news that's coming up. Lou and I have been having a lot of chats about 2026 events and we're both super excited about what we're bringing back. So yeah, sorry. I can't tell you now because you said the most important piece. I think I've got the second most important piece. Stick around because that is coming soon.

Craig (02:51.95)
yeah.

Craig (02:57.422)
What? What?

Craig (03:04.134)
yeah.

Look at you, you podcast, they're really baiting people to listen to the whole episode. Wow, Rob, you've me, sir. You actually impressed me sometimes, but anyway, I did say sometimes. Rob, the events around the world last weekend, had Massachusetts, Maryland, Kentucky, Arizona, Alabama, California, Idaho. Is that AIA again? Iowa, what the he-

Rob (03:18.851)
I'm growing up.

Yeah.

Rob (03:33.909)
Iowa.

Craig (03:36.34)
Anyway, Texas, Tennessee and Florida, had two and around the world, mate.

Rob (03:42.127)
Around the world we had Ontario Canada with two Finland with two England went mega and they went 71 mega not just a little bit over so and and we'll see that from the leaderboards here in a second Germany had to Denmark had to and Victoria Australia

Craig (03:48.974)
No...

Mm-hmm.

Craig (04:01.101)
Absolutely. Now, the leaderboards, Rob, I had to go back because I read on the water cooler that some people had millionaires, Rob, last week, during the week, last week. And so on the second of the month, when Clan Wars hasn't even begun, on the second, Tuesday the second, we had a millionaire and that was NZ Kiwi with 1.2 million points. On Wednesday, Rob, we had two millionaires, NZ Kiwi, 1.2 million, and Munzee Prof with 1.1. On Thursday, Rob,

saying different millionaires, but we had two of them again. Linz, Linz Lilypad with 1.2 million points and Munzee Prof again with 1.1 million points. Now I do believe Rob, cause it's Munzee Prof getting the 1.1 million points that he's worked out a way in regards to the double magnet event. So that's what that was. Those three days with the double magnet events. On Friday, mate, we had.

Rob (04:48.077)
Yep. That's what I was gonna say. Yep.

Rob (04:54.339)
We had Nutty Nan with 2.5 million, Flamingo Flurrier 1.5, and Bunny993 692,000.

Craig (05:02.733)
On Saturday, we had eight millionaires on Saturday. Finder 400, 2.3 million points. Herbie actually went bananas with 2.1 million points. Taxi, 3-4-3, 1.4 million points. And then the other millionaires was, someone's off-sider, Sporty Taxi, 1.3 million points, along with Flamingo Chaser and LISoft with 1.1 million points. And then rounding out the last two for the eight is the late arrivals and...

Dragon's West rounded out with 1 million points. Well done to those on Sunday,

Rob (05:36.547)
Wow. Sunday we had more millionaires. we go. DJ Mitch 25, 2.8 million. Toxin 2.5 million. Brazilia 2.3 million. And the rest of the millionaires. Dragons West, Flamingo Chaser, Colecracker 7, Goofy Butterfly, Joe222's, Flamingo Flurrier, and Jackpot Gene with 1 million.

Craig (05:59.886)
Yeah, 1 million points. Very, very cool. Yeah, 10 millionaires on Sunday, eight on Saturday, two on Friday. Look at all these millionaires going through the roof. Now, I will say and this is going back with we're not talking about Clan Wars this week at all because you know, the Clan Wars this month is, you know, very cool, very relaxed, very nice.

Rob (06:04.746)
Hmph.

Rob (06:14.957)
just wow.

Craig (06:27.777)
But people have said that the clan wars is getting harder and harder, but it's getting higher and higher in points level. But that's called point inflation or point inflation. And that's what you can see here. I mean, how many times, even when we've been doing this podcast, Rob, how many times have we said millionaires in the past? We're saying the more and more and more. see, So that's the reason for it as well. Meanwhile, the current events coming up this weekend, we've got a North Carolina and South Carolina.

Rob (06:47.043)
Yep.

Craig (06:55.447)
then New Jersey, Minnesota, Texas and California and around the world, mate, we have.

Rob (07:00.173)
We've got British Columbia, Canada, England, Germany, New South Wales and Western Australia in Western or in Australia.

Craig (07:07.187)
in, in Australia. Yeah, very cool to in Australia. Wow. Wow. Wow. I know, right? I know. I don't know if you're the people going to the New South Wales one too. So do me proud and, cap everything you can and make sure you deploy all the cards for everyone all around the world to all any other virtuals as well that you wish to sort of give people at these events, which is awesome. Big events coming up. We have January 9 to 11 North Netherlands. That's the FRL case birthday.

Rob (07:11.341)
Nice.

Craig (07:36.366)
January 16th, 18 Muncie Mecca in Florida. Well, we might discuss that a little bit more next week, Muncie Mecca and see who's who in the zoo and who may be going to that one. February 20th, Foley, Alabama, the day before the Bamarama Mecca. I'll definitely be there for that one. March 6th and 7th, Muncie Madness over in California. Then September 18th, 20 Muncie Mania in Minnesota. So there we go.

Rob (08:03.243)
Yeah, they should thaw out by then. Covered in snow now. Yikes.

Craig (08:06.781)
I know. I did see, did. I have seen some news reports from our good friend, Minnesota boy, Minnesota boy, Minnesota boy. The new Munzee team member. Yeah. Knee high snow in, in Minnesota. So there we go. I know. Well, that's, they choose to live there. That's what they do. know, absolutely. Meanwhile, Rob, the development's coming up this week. We've ran through the beginning, which is nice.

Rob (08:26.872)
It's true. They do.

Craig (08:35.767)
So what's happening this week, Rob? We've already announced the reindeer whittles. Tell us more about the reindeer.

Rob (08:43.063)
Well, there's eight tiny reindeer that are coming out of Santa's Whittles Slay. Isn't that right? And so, yeah, there's a way for you to go and get all of them. And if you get all eight reindeer, then guess what happens? You get to complete the set for free. You get that little, you know, Rudolph with his nose so bright, red nosed reindeer. Yep. You get him for free.

Craig (09:07.542)
yes.

Rob (09:10.851)
So, uh, yeah, they're kind of cool. They come out at level 10, um, which, know, everybody, uh, seems to enjoy these level 10 ones and instead of, uh, buying them through the trunks and, know, getting random ones and having to, um, continue to get more and more and more, which some of us think is fun. Some maybe not quite so much, but, uh, yeah, these come out at level 10. And, um, as a reminder, level 10, uh, whittles, you only need 25 stars to, uh, to

Craig (09:13.313)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Craig (09:18.199)
Yeah.

Craig (09:27.265)
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Craig (09:39.112)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (09:40.291)
relaunch them, rebuild them from the wishing wells. So that's good news. You do have to purchase them first. These are a little bit different. They're actually available in the online store. And we've done something a little bit different because it's December and Christmas and all that kind of stuff being jolly and, you know, making a little bit fun. These are regular price.

Craig (09:42.401)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (09:47.329)
Yeah.

Craig (09:56.065)
Mmm.

Craig (10:04.717)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (10:08.355)
for what they would normally be. However, there is a discount if you buy four of them in a pack or if you buy all eight of them in a pack. So all that stuff's available to check out and be sure that you have the correct information and it's all on the blog. So yeah.

Craig (10:08.375)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (10:14.562)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (10:20.737)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (10:25.869)
Absolutely, absolutely. Also Rob, at the same time, these are available from a trunk with Zs as well, but they are not 150 Zs like all the others because they come out directly as a level 10. So they're a little bit more than that. They're the equivalent price range too, if you were to buy them outright in the store. At the same time though, you still do, if you get all eight, now you can't.

If you get one and it's a vixen and then you get another one you can't get a vixen again for instance, know I mean you can get it's we can only one of everything That's all it is. But if you get eight even from the trunks Rob you get Rudolph for free So even from the trunks you still get a free one with Rudolph. So there you go

Rob (11:07.007)
I mean, you know, it's a fun, we thought this would be a fun way to put these, put these new things out there, you know, whittles and yeah, like you said, you can't have, you know, on Vixen on Vixen on Cupid on Vixen on Vixen on Vixen like that just wouldn't make sense. So yeah, you do have to get the entire team to pull Rudolph.

Craig (11:14.593)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (11:22.253)
What's, what's, what's, what's the, this isn't in the show notes. What's the entire team's name, Rob? Do you know all of them?

Rob (11:34.279)
on vixit, on cupid, on comet, on dasher, on something, on prancer, and comet, and stupid, and anyway, no, I can't remember. I missed answer, no, I did miss answer.

Craig (11:39.703)
That's you, that's full.

Five.

Craig (11:47.374)
dancer. Did you do a dancer? I don't know. Anyway. Yep. Yep. But if you have a look at these as well, I will say the artwork again for these are extremely cute. Actually have a look when you get one, zoom it in, have a look and see the difference. I mean, Rob, these are actual widows. Widows are made of wood. So they are wooden items, right? So the bodies are mostly a log, you know, that sort of thing as well. But sometime Rob.

The tail could be like a little bluebird, you know, sitting on the log. And that's the tail for instance, as well.

Rob (12:20.225)
Well, that's because Andy actually gathers a lot of wood and up where he lives in in the Midlands, UK. And he sits outside and he whittles these down. And then while they're sitting there, if something lands on him, he takes a picture of it. He's like, there you go. That'll do. And then he just, you know, he might do a little something with it to make it look digital. No, they're real. It's wild.

Craig (12:25.931)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (12:30.413)
Mm-hmm.

and he whittles them. Yeah. There you go. That'll do.

Craig (12:44.085)
Yeah. No. Yeah. But every, and every single one as well does relate to its name in some, in some way. and you know, even there's, there's others with like a, like a little orange, leaf, for instance, like it's a, in fall, the fall season when you got the leaves turned orange and red. And then that would be its tail or that would be its antlers and you know, very, very cute. will say.

You take the time out to grab these because they are good their points and you know, it's all part and parcel They're all game places. But sometimes it's good to take a deep breath and actually Enjoy them for what they are and look at them closely. I know some people do I know I do know some people do it a lot of people don't rob including myself I did for the first time the other day and that's when I realized I went hang on a second have a look at these and just see the

Rob (13:25.687)
Yeah. Yeah.

Craig (13:34.668)
the design and what has gone through Andy's head when he designs this. And Dylan as well, Andy and Dylan are the two in regards to artwork stuff. And yeah, a big praise and big shout out again to Andy and Dylan for all they do for the cuteness, for the cuteness of the Munzee world. And I get it, some people don't like the cuteness stuff. I get it. Some people are too, you know, but if, have a look, have a look. It surprised me. Anyway, Rob, moving on to something happened last weekend.

Rob (13:48.416)
It's amazing.

Rob (14:03.649)
Yeah, but it's got super cool art. So before we even talk about it, I mean, this this was a brand new thing that just came out and it's that it's Kathy's party pinata. Right. So, man, let's think about the art, everybody. Slow down. Think about art. Yeah, it's cool. And then what?

Craig (14:04.577)
We, this is true, this is true. This is another one. This is another one, yeah.

Absolutely. Yes. Think about the art. But Rob, the party pinata come out last weekend. Everyone was excited. And then what actually happened with it? Apparently some people couldn't or not some people, everyone couldn't cap the scatters that were coming off the party pinata. What actually happened with that?

Rob (14:34.615)
Yeah, we wouldn't believe the amount of testing that we did on this one because we wanted to make sure that it was good. We have a testing environment. It was tested thoroughly by multiple members of the team. And unfortunately, everything from the testing environment didn't quite make it to production. So when it all went live and then we found out about it, the team pulled together on Saturday and they fixed it.

Craig (14:39.745)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (14:44.609)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (14:48.661)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (14:54.828)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (15:01.601)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (15:04.195)
Obviously, events had already taken place Saturday morning around the world. So those people did miss out on a few things. All of that was taken care of on Monday. There were a few temporary bans that went out because while we were trying to fix it, we were giving captures and some of those things. And unfortunately, they were triggering bands. Those bands were removed basically immediately. And the

Craig (15:09.224)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Craig (15:28.353)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (15:31.649)
The counter was reset. you know, there were definitely a lot of concerns that everyone was voicing that we heard that we understood. did put out a message on Sunday just saying, hey, yeah, this is all fixed because it was fixed all at the same time on Saturday. And those people who were impacted did get a message from Robbie directly in the Munzee app trying to explain things. And yeah, so the good news is completely fixed.

Craig (15:33.954)
Yeah.

Mm-hmm. Yep.

Craig (15:46.615)
Yeah.

Craig (15:53.335)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (16:00.691)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Rob (16:00.769)
All of it's working. It's working fine this weekend. So hosts, be sure that you read the blog carefully about how to use it because there are pictures and everything is in there. So it, yeah, it's ready.

Craig (16:06.283)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (16:10.75)
Everything's in the vlog. Everything.

And I will say you're right, Rob. In the blog, there's actually screenshots of like things will happen. That how can the host do what they do and because sometimes it is confusing to be a Munzee host. I will say like we know we've all been Munzee hosts. Well, not all of us, but a lot of us who have been Munzee hosts in the past, especially when you're first or second time Munzee host, you're like, what do I do this time? What do I do now? So it is a little bit, but it's all screenshots, et cetera, in the blog. So again, have a look at that. But as you said, Rob, it's all fixed.

party pinata, all done. And you did breeze over the fact that you said about some people got temporary bans. If no one knows, then temporary bans, cetera, are all automated. They're all done via distance, basically. And so what was happening is that when Munzee was retroactivating the captures for these people, the captures themselves were miles away from where they are now, and therefore then they got the bans.

The bands have all been lifted as self, but this is most importantly, because you get first time you get banned, you'd banned for 20 minutes. Second time you get banned, two hours, you see. So more importantly, all those 20 minute bands were not only just lifted, but they were like erased and deleted. So if something happens again, you will not be banned for two hours. You'll go back to the 20 minute mark. So, but I'll say this and that is don't get yourself banned. So make sure you keep an eye out.

Rob (17:26.956)
erased.

Rob (17:37.763)
Just watch your blue dot. Watch your blue dot. Especially at airports and on trains and things like that. And then we don't.

Craig (17:40.577)
Just watch it blow up, make sure it's moving. That's all you need to do. Yes. Yeah. Anywhere where you're in a Faraday cage, like a metal cylinder.

Rob (17:50.411)
Yeah, we don't have to worry about those things if we make sure that blue dot is where we are. That's what I write back if there are support tickets. yep. All right. On to positive things. Yeah.

Craig (17:57.111)
Yep. There we go. Speaking of dots, speaking of dots, Rob and blue, yellow, green, whatever color you want, the new Christmas tree garden templates have been released as well. Tell us more about the Christmas tree garden. These are free. These are brand new and they're free. Tell us more about these.

Rob (18:09.286)
Yeah.

Rob (18:13.091)
Yeah, they are. Yep. So everyone's got the opportunity to go on to cup of the garden builder and, you know, put together a Christmas tree garden. So there is a template and all that you do is you you go to create a garden. There is a template once you once you select that, then.

Craig (18:25.347)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (18:38.485)
You choose what color you want the pins in your tree to be. And there is a little star topper. There is a light mystery or a void mystery. Now, you were the one who kind of came up with the reason for this. So why don't you share that part with everyone?

Craig (18:41.838)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (18:48.044)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Craig (18:56.386)
Well, you did say it right, Rob, and that is, I had some people reach out to me asking about, created a green tree, because all the tree comes totally green. You can just place that and it's just green, that's all it is, and that's fine. That's all, you can do whatever you like with these, but no one else can change the colors of the virtual pins when they deploy for you. So people aren't going to decorate your tree. You've got to decorate your tree before you publish it, okay, so with the colors. So whatever color you want in terms of the trees, you do that first. At the same time,

You can choose whether you have a light mystery or a void mystery on the top. So you can either light up Christmas or a void Christmas, Rob. It's up to you which one you want to do.

Rob (19:33.219)
It's creative and I was like, yeah, all right, that's funny. I think that is pretty entertaining. you know, could we have put an electric up there for whatever reason? Yeah, sure. You could have. But we we decided to stick with light or void. Yeah. So this is limited to one. And while we've said that in the past, there have been some people who got a little we'll call it creative, passionate about building those gardens. Well, this time

Craig (19:40.988)
Hahaha

Craig (19:47.072)
Yeah. These two. Yeah.

Craig (19:57.038)
You

Rob (20:00.867)
Our good friend over at Cup of Z, Sam, put a limit in place so no one's able to build more than one. Thank you, Sam. And yeah, we, so you should choose a good location. If you haven't built one of these yet, choose a good location for yourself.

Craig (20:04.079)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (20:15.574)
And for yourself, and that's exactly right, Rob. I feel personally, you should choose a location for this tree that's nearby where you are. Therefore, even on your drive to work, for instance, or around town or to and from the shops, whatever it is, somewhere near you. Because once these all publish, remember these are a, it's a void, it's a light, and then it's all virtuals. These are the gardens that attract bounces for future reference as well. So.

Rob (20:43.139)
Yes.

Craig (20:43.97)
What that means is that you could cap everything. Make sure you do. Make sure you cap it all. Cap your whole tree. Your whole tree is empty and done. And you'll be surprised that, you know, I won't say daily, but a lot of the times when you open the Munzee map, my goodness, there's a bouncer in one of those virtuals, for instance, as well. So you can go around and get those new bounces from there at the same time. If the bouncer is on the void, for instance, then guess what happens? It triggers the void as well. And so it bounces off from there. So you get the scatters once again from the void. So...

It's worth doing for yourself in a good location. So I'll say that at the same. I know.

Rob (21:17.943)
Yep. It's like we planned it out well so that we could help you and the deployers with lots of points over time.

Craig (21:24.264)
Exactly. I will say, don't forget to deploy in other people's trees as well, because again, likewise, you still get the cap on points for when bounces land on that virtual later on down the track. So yeah, it's very much worth it. So get them out there. Yeah, that's true. That's true. There you go. Yeah. All right, Rob, you sort of touched on at the beginning of the episode. Now I'm going to push you for it. What did you mean by the events for 2026?

Rob (21:38.573)
Badges, badges for deploying, if I remember correctly. you know, yeah, or check it out.

Rob (21:53.571)
Oh, yeah, it's time everybody 2026 events were almost there. Yes, time has flown. Here we are. Well, we're going back to 2022 and 2023 when we had monthly event packages, and we're going to reward you. So there are quite a few people out there that have been hosting monthly events all this time, right?

Craig (22:12.872)
Craig (22:16.909)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Yep. Yep.

Rob (22:21.283)
Um, everybody was like, Oh man, we're kind of tired of hosting monthly events. We've done it for two years in a row. So we said, okay, fine. No problem. 2024 2025. We didn't put these packages together. However, Lou has been thinking about it. She's been, you know, chatting behind the scenes. She's been mulling over this and it's time. So monthly events are back. And like I said, there's rewards that come along with it. They're

Craig (22:26.136)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (22:38.559)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (22:43.437)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (22:48.131)
is a badge for attendees for attending an monthly event every month. And there's also a badge for hosting a monthly event every month. And if you get all 12 of those badges, then what we did in the past and what we're going to do this year, we're going to give you a bouncer. So, um, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So there are some, um, there are some, what were they? Pool floats or something. Cappy, the unicorn.

Craig (22:50.818)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Craig (22:58.04)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (23:05.902)
a permanent one? A permanent bouncer? nice!

Craig (23:16.908)
Yeah. No.

Rob (23:17.411)
pool floats. There's some there's some crazy bouncers that are out there and there's not a lot of them because there weren't a ton of people who earned those. But yeah, that's it. But guess what? That's not the only announcement about what's happening for 2026 events. eventsy is coming back to the world of Munzee. Yeah.

Craig (23:28.962)
Hmm.

Craig (23:32.72)
what else?

Really? Wow. Wow. I know a lot of people have actually asked for this Rob, because I remember going down to Florida this year as well. to Florida and Florida had something similar to events on there. It was like a, like a.

a town thing where you drive around and cap the different munchies and you get a badge, cetera. And they asked them, I think it was even Linda, Colecracker7, she was the one that pushing for it even more saying, can we get this back, please, please, please, please, please. So, events is back on the table for it.

Rob (24:06.455)
Yeah, to work tour of the town is what some, you know, us events that we're working that out. And, you know, we've been talking, it's been events he's been gone from Muncie for maybe five years, something like that. Lou and I really enjoyed events, in particular with Muncie events. And, and I know there are a bunch of hosts that did too, they would put together some really fun stuff. So we're working out all the final details.

Craig (24:20.662)
Yeah. Yeah.

Craig (24:25.475)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (24:31.627)
Yeah.

Rob (24:34.715)
But that is coming soon. this blog, if it hasn't come out by the time you're listening to this, then pay attention, be ready for it. And the information will all be there. Even see is coming back. Will there be points attached to Munzee for events? See play? No, but there will be like a badge that you can earn from the Munzee events for participating in events. So in other words, another QR code.

Craig (24:42.829)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (24:46.914)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (24:53.998)
Hmm.

Yeah. Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Rob (25:04.075)
you scan it whether it's got like a badge and points and obviously cake and all that kind of stuff attached to that QR code. Yeah. So a double the fun I believe we used to call it coexist type deal. Yeah, with Munzee and events. So anyway, it's coming back. Yes. Yeah.

Craig (25:11.246)
Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Craig (25:19.212)
Yeah. Yeah.

see Rob, this is the first time I've heard about it because we haven't spoken about it in the gameplay team, cetera, as well. But straight away, my mind goes to this. And that is, if you're a host out there of a large event that may be a mega event, for instance, or you want to publish one that hopefully gets to mega, then there's a possibility where if you contact your local tourism board representative and say, look, this is what I'm doing. Is there some way to financially assist in the setup?

of it. can then, the host can then talk with the tourism board and see which areas of the town that they want to actually promote, for instance, and get people to, you know, I don't know, maybe even scan QR codes inside restaurants or, you know, other places where, where the tourism board wants people to go or travel to. So there's a possibility.

Rob (26:07.491)
Yeah.

Rob (26:14.453)
It's the things that you can use events before pretty amazing. And for those who haven't played in the last five years, it's a much better app than it used to be. And it used to be fun. It was fun as it was more than pictures. Now there's more than pictures. There's a lot of really cool stuff going on. So anyway, we're excited. Maybe there's going to be a prep event worldwide that comes up between now and the beginning of the year. I don't know. Let's just leave it at a trailing comment.

Craig (26:19.234)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (26:24.879)
yeah, yeah, yeah.

Craig (26:30.637)
Yeah.

Craig (26:38.158)
We'll see. Fair enough, fair enough. All right, Rob, moving on to the question of the week. And this question I got from Facebook as well. And it was, it's just a smaller question from Brandy Corte. And that is, I know, right? She's going to love that if she actually listens this week. Are we going to get Christmas cards in the redeem store?

Rob (26:44.151)
Alright.

Rob (26:55.077)
my.

Rob (27:03.715)
sure. Why not? By the time you're listening, there'll at least be a few that are out there. Yeah, I haven't pushed the button on some of those. I believe past Christmas cards in the online store. Those are back and available. So all the turkey stuff is gone. And now these are back. So yeah. Yep. Yeah.

Craig (27:21.942)
Mm-hmm. Yep, Yep. Yep. Perfect. There we go. And remember as well, if you, you won't see any Christmas cards if you haven't actually had them in the past. So the different Christmas cards, if you've got every single Christmas card in the past, you're gonna see a few more in there as well, like the redeem for stamps. But if you have never had one before, then you won't see them in the store to redeem. That's just the way that one works.

Meanwhile, Rob, moving on to the Munzee Tip of the Week and this tip itself, I'm not sure, I don't think you've even read this tip yet that I put in.

Rob (27:53.821)
no, but quick read. It sounds familiar, but yes.

Craig (27:56.641)
Yeah, this tip is what I've used now since utilizing the vac itself. listen very carefully. Using the vac with full Skylens. You know those times when there's double magnets, for instance, and you magnetize maybe three or four Skylens on your route. So you've got 14 bounces in every premium Skylens as you go through. Well, because you can cap a Skylens at 1,000 feet and the radius is at 500 feet, therefore what you can do is you can cap the hand cap.

the skyland, the full skyland while running the vac. This way, as soon as you hand cap that skyland, you know, and the Munzee processes through and shows you all the different ones, there's 14, there's a lot to go through to flick, flick, flick, especially when you got auto off, it does take a while to, that's right. And if you're moving at the same time, you're not gonna see any part of the screen. So you hand cap the skyland first. This then automatically triggers.

Rob (28:41.581)
And a double and a magnet. Yeah. Yeah.

Craig (28:54.55)
all 14 bounces to go like to scatter things. If they're gonna scatter, they'll scatter straight away. All 14 of them will scatter if they are all scatterable or three or seven, whatever it might be, but it scatters them. Therefore, as you're flicking through and watching this Munzee screen roll over, your vac is working in the background to capture all those scatters. You see, that's the way that works. You like that Rob. Now.

Rob (29:04.246)
or three or seven or one or Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Craig (29:19.918)
sometimes they scatter more than 500 foot apart. That's when I like to actually increase the radius of the vac to a thousand foot by using a radius booster at the same time. So if you've got a vac and a radius booster going, oh, don't forget, you can also use the double points booster as well to get even more points on those 14 bounces. For instance, Munzee Prof is rolling over saying, Craig, can you not talk about this because this is what I've been doing the whole time.

but that's what you can do to get the maximum points to pick up all the scatters within the thousand foot radius as you move along. And literally the Munzee screen just rolls over and it's working in the background behind the screen. Do you like that, Rob? Do you like that? Do you like that? And then you don't leave any scatters for anyone else and you go bad luck to you because I'm using all the tools. Exactly. Anything you have on that regards to that Munzee tip, it's a long tip.

Rob (30:01.443)
Impressive. It's a good one. Yeah.

Rob (30:07.56)
Hey, that's how the game is played, isn't it? So.

Craig (30:15.938)
But it's a good tip, Rob. It's a good tip. I've been using, I've been doing it for quite some time now, as well. And you know, it happens a lot, especially, it's funny enough when I'm using the radius boost and if you've got someone else in the car, for instance, who's also, you know, using a vac, but not the radius booster, guess what? You get more scatters than what they did because you've got the radius booster on too. So there you go. There you go. All right, Rob, that ends another official Munzee podcast.

Rob (30:16.119)
Yeah, it is. Sounds good to me. Let's do it.

Rob (30:38.531)
True, true story.

Rob (30:44.675)
Thanks for joining us on this Munzee adventure.

Craig (30:47.148)
Don't forget, subscribe, rate, review on your favorite podcasting app and join us next week for another informative episode.

Rob (30:52.669)
And remember, Munzee is more than a game, it's a worldwide community of mobile game players.

Craig (30:57.25)
So keep scanning, keep discovering, keep that Munzey spirit live. Rob, one, two, three, vac for the win. I like yours better.

Rob (31:01.495)
Ho ho ho on. Thank you.


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