Craig and Rob chat all things Munzee from the Events of the past and future, to the new Norse Zodiacs and Rob Gives a stern warning to some cheaters out there.
We discuss the new clan wars for December and the upcoming double point weekend.
Rob answers a interesting Question of the week, before we offer the tip of the week, and Rob elevates it with an extension of the tip.
Craig and Rob chat all things Munzee from the Events of the past and future, to the new Norse Zodiacs and Rob Gives a stern warning to some cheaters out there.
We discuss the new clan wars for December and the upcoming double point weekend.
Rob answers a interesting Question of the week, before we offer the tip of the week, and Rob elevates it with an extension of the tip.
Craig Michell (00:01.704)
Welcome to the official Munzee Podcast.
Rob Vardeman (00:04.278)
I'm Rob, also known as Coach V, your host and the president of Munzee.
Craig Michell (00:08.472)
And I'm Craig, also known as Seemyshell. I'm here to explore the world of Munzee from within.
Rob Vardeman (00:13.534)
Each week we'll delve into Munzee's mysteries, discover treasures, and inform players from around the world just what's coming your way.
Craig Michell (00:20.652)
So sit back, relax as today we chat about the week that was, we talk about this Norse, I'm gonna pronounce it wrong, Norse Zodiacs. Some of us, some of us get a stern talking to by Rob. A very important question for Rob as well from a player and ending of course with the Munzee tip of the week. Well, we got two tips maybe, but a tip and a half I'm gonna say, Rob, how you been buddy? Ha ha ha.
Rob Vardeman (00:32.707)
Hmm.
Rob Vardeman (00:41.346)
Hey, that sounds great. I have been okay. How about you?
Craig Michell (00:45.916)
Yeah. Good, my good, good. We'll leave that little stern talking to just after we talk about ourselves first. I think it's the best point because I want you to get you more relaxed because we did have a bit of a talking before we started the recording, you know, so you got a little bit off your chest then exactly right.
Rob Vardeman (00:52.759)
I agree. Right. I-
Rob Vardeman (00:58.21)
We did have a little chat, but starting off on a positive note right now. And that's good. A cheery tone to my voice. I hope, you know, it's December and all. So got to, got to be festive. And you know, that's, um, that's, uh, that's what I've been up to recently. Just kind of getting prepped for the rest of this month for, you know, our countdown to Christmas and got the festive and the mailbox out there that, uh,
Craig Michell (01:07.6)
Mm-hmm. Yes.
Craig Michell (01:13.213)
Exactly.
Craig Michell (01:20.486)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (01:24.458)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (01:28.254)
I've actually been capping every day. So that's good. Yeah. I know crazy, right. And I even like, I was away from home for a couple of days and I remembered to move it with me, you know, cause I mean, that's the thing you've got to, um, edit location, yeah, edit location. So I got to practice the things that you and I have been talking about. Yeah.
Craig Michell (01:30.316)
Look at you actually doing what you say. That's, that's pretty clever.
Craig Michell (01:40.448)
Hmm. Yeah. Edit location, edit location. Yeah.
Craig Michell (01:53.216)
That's really cool. I've got a question for you then as well, because I did notice obviously with new clan wars coming in for December as well, brand new, have you redeemed your free golden carrot yet from the redeemed store? I have, I redeemed it on the very first, I redeemed it on the first of December before the clan wars started.
Rob Vardeman (02:10.29)
Oh, did you really? Wow. All right. We. Right. We set it up early this time so that it was in there for the first. Okay. There you go. Well, that's good to know. Um, I have not yet done that. So we'll put that on my to-do list. I have to do the Munzee monthly moments video, which shouldn't be that difficult. Find some Christmas lights. Um, and I've got to get that golden carrot.
Craig Michell (02:11.688)
Yeah. Cause I go with the redeemed store every day. That's part of my process. Yeah. You did. There you go.
Craig Michell (02:31.238)
Yes, yes. No. Yeah.
Craig Michell (02:39.092)
Mm hmm. And put it. Yes. They're very important. Now. And remember, we were full of tips, full of tips, Rob. Remember, place that golden carrot nearby. Don't go in another state or another county or whatever else and place it nearby. So you can cap it when the infamous golden buddy lands on it, which I haven't seen too many landing or being kept. Sorry, I should say on the Munzee water cooler, which was to me is unusual. I thought to myself, surely.
Rob Vardeman (02:39.106)
put it out there, because they're important now.
Rob Vardeman (02:58.546)
Yes.
Rob Vardeman (03:06.418)
Yes. Well, that tells you that gives you an indicator as to how many golden carrots might be out there in the world. Yeah, so there's quite a few out there. So thank you. And I'm sorry to all the players who deployed them for these many, many months. But now hopefully you can, you know, harvest some rewards from those golden carrots.
Craig Michell (03:15.968)
Exactly. That you don't even know about. That's right.
Craig Michell (03:22.072)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (03:28.618)
Yeah.
Craig Michell (03:34.616)
Exactly. Just a quick note as well, before we move on, Rob, I recalled the other day, I can't believe it. I actually posted one of my golden carrots back in the day, like a few months ago. Now, before this came out, I actually published a golden carrot in Idaho. And I'm in New Jersey, like I know, right? I was I was on a trip with Josh. And I thought, well, while I'm here, it's my deploy for the day, I might always get rid of this golden carrot. And I did it in the in the car park of a hotel that was staying at one. No, no.
Rob Vardeman (03:53.954)
Oh.
Craig Michell (04:04.464)
No.
Rob Vardeman (04:06.051)
You needed to get credit for that, Clam, or you just won't be able to cap it yourself.
Craig Michell (04:09.204)
It's no, but someone in, in Idaho, Illinois, wherever it was, I can't even remember now, but yeah, it was another state. But speaking of Christmas, Rob, before we move on to the actual week that was speaking of Christmas, I found something else in your store. Yes, I'd know I stalk the store. I stalk the redeem store. I stalk the app. I stalk the website. I found Rob that you guys now have some gift cards in the store. I mean, you've probably had them for years and years. I don't know, but you've got it popped out at me.
Rob Vardeman (04:16.211)
Nice.
Rob Vardeman (04:27.938)
Hehehe
Craig Michell (04:37.972)
You've got some gift cards. So if you're looking for a Christmas present, and this is not sponsored, and this is me writing it, not Rob. So from a player, not from when a member of Munzee, if you're looking for a gift card or something, something for your Munzee friend or Munzee player, et cetera. You've got gift cards in the store starting from $10 and they go like $10, 25, 15, a hundred dollars gift cards. How cool is that? So.
Rob Vardeman (04:45.551)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (05:00.422)
It is very cool, I will say. Now here's the thing about the gift cards. You can put somebody else's name in if you want to, but it doesn't really matter because the gift card code gets sent to you. Whatever email address, right, whatever email address is in the system only recognizes the email address and sends the gift card to that.
Craig Michell (05:02.743)
Mm-hmm.
Hehehehehehe
Craig Michell (05:15.306)
Oh, okay. Right.
Craig Michell (05:26.432)
code.
Rob Vardeman (05:27.07)
we'll address. So if you're trying to buy a surprise for someone, you're going to need to get a little more creative. Um, and you might need to involve us to help you out with that. I understand. Um, you know, shoot messages to people, send support. There are ways to do it. We can help with surprises, but yeah, gift cards are a great thing. And yes, they have been there for many, many years, but that's okay.
Craig Michell (05:30.859)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Craig Michell (05:38.706)
Yeah.
Yeah.
Craig Michell (05:49.44)
Really, really, really cool. All right. Enough of the chit chat and chin wag as I say, it's time to move on for the activity of last week, all events. We're, uh, on Sunday last weekend. There was none on Friday, Saturday, all on Sunday. We had two in Florida. We had California, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas. We had some in Canada rope. Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (06:09.97)
Yes, a couple in British Columbia, Ontario, and in the world, Denmark, England, Hungary, and ACT in Australia.
Craig Michell (06:18.668)
ACT in Australia. Yes, exactly right. Exactly right. And in actual fact, one of the, one of the hosts of the ACT reached out to me afterwards and that's part of the tip of the week, Rob. So just saying, there you go. There's little interest into the, into what's happening at the end. Now the leaderboards over the weekend we had, uh, on Friday, we had Oscar six nine six with 260,000 points. Jaroslaw Cass, I should be able to say, is that, am I saying that correct?
Rob Vardeman (06:20.973)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (06:44.526)
I think so. Yeah.
Craig Michell (06:44.832)
Jaroslav Kas? I think so. Was a close second with just over 200,000. But then on Saturday, Rob, what do we have?
Rob Vardeman (06:52.338)
Jaroslav Kass jumped over into first place just over 200,000, Ajita and Skindo rounding out the top three.
Craig Michell (06:55.316)
Hehehe
Craig Michell (07:03.312)
And then on Sunday we had fun bro with 420,000 points, Colecracker7 and Eagle Dad and Zennia rounding out the top three, both with over 300,000 points. Eagle Dad and Zennia are in Florida, I do believe. Ha ha ha.
Rob Vardeman (07:17.846)
They are. So is coal cracker seven. Yes. Fun bro, fun bro. Not a hundred percent sure, but yeah. Sun Sunday was the big event day because that was June 3rd, June 3rd. That was December 3rd. That was the third of the month, the third of the month kicking off plan war. So yeah, that's it's always a big day, but when it's on a weekend, what packed with events. So very good. Yep.
Craig Michell (07:21.302)
Oh, there you go, yes.
Yeah!
Craig Michell (07:28.065)
Mm-hmm.
Hahaha
Craig Michell (07:35.404)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (07:42.58)
Exactly, exactly. Current weekend or current events coming up this weekend. We're back in a full swing with USA. We have California, Iowa, Arizona, Nebraska, Illinois, South Carolina and Miss Minnesota as well.
Rob Vardeman (07:54.35)
Out there in the world we've got Canada, Finland, two in the Netherlands, two in England, three in Germany, Australia, Denmark, Poland, and two in Lithuania. Wow.
Craig Michell (08:04.72)
three in Germany. Wow, it is a big weekend of events. What that means people is if you haven't got your cards deployed and want some extra points, get out there and do your cards ASAP. Make sure you deploy them. And Rob, I've had a little good feedback as well because in my YouTube beginner tutorial, I actually show people how to quickly deploy the cards from a computer. And so simple using that little Sam, little open web map that Sam introduced. So that's really, really cool.
Rob Vardeman (08:30.825)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (08:33.432)
Um, also we've got to say as well, the first possible mega event at we say this almost every week now in 2024 is coming up January 11 to 14, five events in, in a new event area as well. So I reached out to Dale and I said to Dale, tell me, tell me, mate, give me some more information about this stuff so I can say it on the podcast. And he said to me, he said, well, the main event is actually on the Saturday. He said they're going to have some cool prizes coming up as well. And we all know what the weather is going to be like to me, very pleasant temperature competitive.
Rob Vardeman (08:45.271)
How did you?
Craig Michell (09:01.18)
other parts of the US and the rest of the world as well. So yeah, that's what we have in Florida, as such and Dale and Bob will be there you and I will be there. So it's gonna be pretty cool. Yeah, it's gonna be pretty cool.
Rob Vardeman (09:12.211)
Yep, I can confirm. Yes, I will be there. I've got tickets booked very recently. So yeah, it's going to be a great time.
Craig Michell (09:16.224)
Hahaha!
Craig Michell (09:22.52)
Have you clicked your attend like little button on the events? There you go. Well, after the podcast, not right now, after the podcast. So guys, don't forget you must click, oh, not must, but you should click that will attend button if you're gonna attend to show people how many people are actually gonna be there at the event itself. So yes, yes. Also Rob, winners were announced for the Munzee Monthly Moments, the new revised monthly, Munzee, I always get them mixed up.
Rob Vardeman (09:26.706)
Oh, I'm gonna go do that right now. Honestly, no, I have not. Pay attention.
Rob Vardeman (09:52.226)
there.
Craig Michell (09:52.912)
We had hail Meister and Florida finder too. Now, Rob, I was looking at the events and I was doing my cards and deploying them as I do throughout the week. And I saw, if you want to see hail Meister himself, the man, the myth, the legend, he's going to be attending the Illinois event this weekend. I saw, see, cause see Rob, I told you, I stalk everyone.
Rob Vardeman (10:14.094)
Now, do you stalk him enough to know that he is also a YouTuber? I, I assumed that you did because he puts a lot of geocaching content out there, geocaching with hail Meister. So yeah, I've met him, hung out with him. And I don't think he was doing videos back when, uh, when we hung out or, or he just decided I wasn't worthy of being in it. So, you know, I understand. Right.
Craig Michell (10:19.272)
Of course I do. Yes. Yep. Yeah.
Craig Michell (10:33.299)
Mm.
Craig Michell (10:38.245)
A bit of A and a bit of B. All right. That's, that's the week that was there after that. Now we're coming up with this week, Rob, this week, firstly, let's go down. Let's go down. We've had a highs. Now here's the lows. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Rob here is going to have a little chat to some, not all of you, but to some of you. So Rob, the mic's yours.
Rob Vardeman (11:00.05)
Oh, with a sad tone in my voice. Um, no, so honestly, uh, I, I posted in the Munzee water cooler, um, earlier this week, uh, about something that's been going on that is, um, that is an unsavory part of the game. Everyone knows that there are ways to cheat in games and some people, uh, actively seek out those ways. They work through loopholes. They, they take advantage of games where.
Craig Michell (11:05.912)
Mm.
Craig Michell (11:17.112)
Hmm.
Rob Vardeman (11:29.106)
It's a very bizarre thing. Like why, why cheated a game? Why cheat at solitaire? Why cheat at, you know, go fish, all sorts of little things. And it's like, I don't know. So there are ways to do that in geo location based games as well. Right. Um, that specifically what's happening and what has come to our attention that is, um, ramping up, I suppose, is, uh, the use of fake GPS.
Craig Michell (11:36.39)
Hmm. Yeah.
Craig Michell (11:48.184)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (11:59.426)
And I'm not going to go into how to do that, because that would be dumb. So what I'd like to say is that we, um, we have known, we have seen, um, we have actively monitored and we have taken care of a lot of accounts over the years where, um, where they've, you know, done this type of thing, we make it very clear in our code of conduct that your account will be permanently banned if you are found to be using, um,
Craig Michell (12:00.undefined)
Mm-hmm.
No. Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (12:26.049)
Hmm.
Rob Vardeman (12:29.174)
fake GPS apps. You are required to be physically at the location when you are capturing a Munzee. The same is also true if you're deploying physically from the app, then obviously you should be in that location as well. Seems obvious, deploying from the map online. The thing that's happening here though is that we've, like I've said, seen it ramp up. So I put out a warning.
Craig Michell (12:31.052)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (12:44.81)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (12:59.126)
This is now the verbal warning that follows up with reading the message, basically, so that everyone can understand and they can hear in my voice. Like, you know, it's a serious thing. And this is something where people are cheating in the game in order to move up leaderboards and in order to get themselves points or their clan members points when they are not physically in those locations. So they're taking advantage of things in other.
Craig Michell (12:59.56)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (13:24.812)
Hmm.
Rob Vardeman (13:28.65)
Games, they have more resources. So they are able to smack people around very quickly and ban their accounts and shut them down quickly. We have not had those resources, so ours is more of a manual process and we rely on people letting us know sometimes. And then we look at all of our documentation on the backend.
Craig Michell (13:44.565)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (13:53.974)
And with our new system that we built and launched, you know, earlier this year, we have a lot more tools that we are able to look at. And it's pretty clear when we can see it. So we're gonna automate that process. We're gonna set it up so that we get some warning notices that will come into the team so that we can investigate. So in other words, cheaters out there, it's time for you to stop it.
Craig Michell (14:01.058)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (14:14.701)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (14:21.888)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (14:23.058)
You did not pull one over on us. All of your stuff has been documented. And when we look back, we will be able to see that. So I'm telling you, and this was posted on December 5th. So I will be looking back to December 5th specifically to start with, and we will be dealing with those accounts at that point in time. Will we go beyond that? Yeah, probably. And we'll see. Are there some people who've been, you know, specifically doing this for a long time?
Craig Michell (14:35.64)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (14:47.629)
Mm-hmm.
Rob Vardeman (14:52.502)
Maybe those people get stern warnings like this. But not a not a call with me, because that's not cool. But anyway, for those people who have invested time and money in the game, like just think, just think a little bit, because do you really want that to be wasted and just completely gone after all this time?
Craig Michell (14:55.992)
Hehehehehehehehe
Craig Michell (15:05.216)
Mm.
Yeah.
Craig Michell (15:13.568)
No. See, Rob, I think of this as well. And that is, you know, if Monday, if you got something physical out of Monday, you had a prize money for the player of the week, player of the month, whatever, prize money involved or something like that, I can understand it. But when there's literally all you win is like virtual items to place back into the game, it's like, well, what are you doing it for?
Rob Vardeman (15:14.53)
Sad, right?
Rob Vardeman (15:30.634)
Mm-hmm.
Rob Vardeman (15:40.571)
Yeah. Right. You just break in. You just break in and you come out with nothing or you come out with something that you just go put in another place. You know, you don't actually get anything from it. Yeah, it's very weird. So anyway, to all the rest of the players, to the players who are listening and you're thinking, I don't even know what he's talking about. Thank you. We appreciate that.
Craig Michell (15:40.868)
You know what I mean? It's, it's like robbing a bank that doesn't actually have any cash in it. It's like, what the hell are you doing it for all that risk and no reward. Anyway. Yeah. Just for the sake, I can do it. Yeah.
Craig Michell (15:59.685)
Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Very weird.
Craig Michell (16:06.424)
That's good. Yeah. No, let's move on.
Rob Vardeman (16:07.522)
Don't research it. If you hear people talking about it, if anyone suggests anything like this to you, just don't get involved. Don't try it. Don't decide, ooh, I'm gonna check and see. Please, please stay away from anything that is like a code of conduct violation. If it's not like moral, this is how you play the game, then just don't do it. If you're not sure, just don't do it. Very simple.
Craig Michell (16:16.478)
Yeah.
Craig Michell (16:20.525)
Nope.
Craig Michell (16:31.437)
Mm.
Exactly. That's right. And as you just said, as well, if you don't have any clue at all for the last three minutes of what you spoke about, that's a good thing we're going to move on now, so it's going to be plain and simple of it.
Rob Vardeman (16:45.283)
Yeah. Please do. Let's talk about Norse rune zodiacs because they are new and they're pretty exciting. What do you think?
Craig Michell (16:52.389)
Yes. And I was wrong in the last, I think it was like four episodes ago, we, you said about new zodiacs coming out and I said something totally different or did I say Vikings? I don't know. I might've said, I'm going to have to look back, Rob. You get to make me look back now. Aren't you? I think I am. Exactly. So this North zodiacs, Rob, tell us more about this North zodiacs. They are Vikings, aren't they?
Rob Vardeman (17:06.078)
Yeah, someone, someone tell us. Someone can message you and they can tell us. It sounds good.
Rob Vardeman (17:15.15)
So, right, so the Norse symbols are sort of like their alphabet type symbols and the runes that were like carved. It's kind of where it all comes from. And so they have 24 symbols in this system. So what we've decided to do is to put 12 physical and 12 virtual.
Craig Michell (17:25.494)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (17:29.782)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (17:36.576)
Mm-hmm.
Rob Vardeman (17:42.554)
and those are going to be released for 12 months starting in December. So for the next 12 months, there will be a physical and virtual each month.
Craig Michell (17:52.524)
Perfect. And I got mine as well. Thank you very much. My little muns pack. I get my muns pack. Um, those people who, who want to know, um, cause I think someone placed on the water cooler as well about the muns packs. Uh, I only get virtual muns packs because there's not many other players around me. So I'm not going to be placing too many. So it's all virtual for me. But you do have, if you want to get like the whole 24 obviously the best point then is to actually get that hybrid pack that you have as well.
Rob Vardeman (17:56.098)
Woo.
Rob Vardeman (18:03.094)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (18:19.392)
which is both virtual and the physical side too. So that's pretty cool.
Rob Vardeman (18:22.59)
Yeah, the hybrid one comes with some physical, some virtual, but specifically for the Norse, you're going to get the physical and the virtual for each month. You also get 25 generic stickers. So for those people who are out there replacing or whatever, this is a way to kind of top up your supply each month. Because it's
Craig Michell (18:33.472)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (18:41.24)
That's good. That's good. And also in conjunction with this as well, all the points have doubled. They've gone from 40 points to 80 points for these zodiacs now and all other previous zodiacs as well.
Rob Vardeman (18:45.547)
Mm.
Yes.
Rob Vardeman (18:53.15)
Yes, so this is the Western and Chinese zodiacs are the ones that got the point doubling. So we took those up to 80 points. And if you pay close attention to when you capture and deploy those, you can double them because remember they each have their own windows. So like Aquarius double points during the Aquarius sign. And the same thing is true with the Chinese zodiac. So if you go and capture the
Craig Michell (18:57.92)
Yeah.
Craig Michell (19:08.288)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (19:14.838)
Oh.
Rob Vardeman (19:21.77)
going to say Fox, but Fox isn't one I don't think Dragon rabbit. There we go. Um, on the correct days, then, uh, you get double points for this.
Craig Michell (19:25.132)
Dragon. Yeah.
Craig Michell (19:31.948)
There you go. I didn't know that that's new to me. Big tips from Rob. Look at this.
Rob Vardeman (19:36.214)
So many points. Hey, what about using a physical capture booster while you're going through those zodiac fields? Wow.
Craig Michell (19:42.132)
Oh, geez. Look at that. Meanwhile, Rob, are we moving on now to clan wars? It has begun some great goals and some good rewards to be had this time as well, which I noticed I do, I do appreciate the, the variance of goals. And so does my clan as well. My clan likes the, the variance of goals. They like to sucks. Cause some of my clan members go, well, I'm going to get all the flats this week, this month, I'm going to get all the virtuals this month. I'm going to get it, you know, and we sort of delegate.
Rob Vardeman (19:58.562)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (20:10.348)
Right.
Craig Michell (20:10.897)
And we just spread it out. So it's nice and even. So yeah, people like that.
Rob Vardeman (20:14.714)
Well, that's good because I set this one up in a slightly different way than how a lot of them have been going. There's a lot more group requirements and it's nearly all of the different types of groupings that we have gaming and flats and cards and elementals and evolution. Like I can't even list them all, it's so many. So set them up that way specifically so that
Craig Michell (20:22.025)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (20:37.383)
Yeah. I know.
Rob Vardeman (20:41.014)
The clans who have 10 they like to take and go like, Oh, okay, well, if it's 4000, then everyone, all 10 of us have to get 400 points each. And then other clans like you're saying, might go, okay, I've got a ton of flats, like in my inventory, I'll deploy all my flats, boom, there's our 4000 points, or I'll deploy them near you so that you can cap them. So the two of us anyway, people are very
Craig Michell (20:50.176)
Yeah.
Craig Michell (20:56.022)
Yeah.
Craig Michell (21:00.187)
Exactly.
Craig Michell (21:04.086)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (21:05.038)
very wise after all of these years of playing in clam wars to work things out, which makes it difficult for me to try and stay one step ahead. So I don't. I just don't try and stay a step ahead. Yeah.
Craig Michell (21:08.854)
Yeah.
Craig Michell (21:14.765)
Just let it play, let it play on exactly right. And people like me then Rob as well. And, and this is a little bit of an insider tip and that is the resellers and the cards and the reseller cards. Oh, what happens? They go on the resellers and they go on the cards. Oh my goodness. So what I did Rob was I went to my local reseller, Dale and Barb. And yeah, I went and purchased a few cards.
Rob Vardeman (21:37.378)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (21:40.732)
And put them in my, my clan members names. So I gave them sets of cards each in my clan, because that's what I'm like. I know. Right. And then we all, we all deploy for each other and look at that boom, we get double triple card points and reseller points as well. Cause they said, they said, Craig, look at the resellers ham. That's not reseller points. That's reseller like numbers of reseller. I go, don't worry. I got you. We can do this. So that's how I did it. And then they're all happy. I'm happy. And you know what I mean? Like.
Rob Vardeman (21:45.814)
Hey, nice.
Rob Vardeman (22:05.23)
Mm-hmm. Ha ha ha.
Craig Michell (22:10.464)
You can work through these things together. And to be honest with you, it's not that expensive. It was like a dollar for three, three reseller cards. And that goes towards three deploys, you know, and then if they deploy for me, and then I cap it, boom, there's you're doubling up. See Rob, see, if you're not listening to this podcast and getting tips out as podcasts, left, right, and center, you're not listening. You're, you've got your ears blocked.
Rob Vardeman (22:20.034)
Mm-hmm.
Rob Vardeman (22:25.326)
I mean, the multiplying effect, it's this crazy, isn't it? Wow.
Rob Vardeman (22:36.564)
Mm-hmm tune in tune in
Craig Michell (22:39.152)
Meanwhile, I was actually looking at my map this morning, Rob, and one of those little, what do you call them, creepies? Queepies? Queepies come on my map and it's a brand new one. I've only got two left. I've got two left because have there's more been released? Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (22:44.555)
Creepy, yeah.
Rob Vardeman (22:52.158)
Nice. Oh, yeah. So we've got more. So you know how it goes. There's it. I don't know if you've noticed every couple of weeks, something along those lines, some, you know, new creepy mobs creeping everybody out and creeping themselves onto the map. Yeah, they they're out there.
Craig Michell (22:57.324)
Huh.
Craig Michell (23:00.798)
I did.
Craig Michell (23:04.8)
Mm-hmm. And another tip, another tip, if you want to see what you've got left to get, or if you've got them all itself, go onto the Cuppa Z app and go under seasonals and you'll see them there. So under seasonals on your Cuppa Z app. Meanwhile, Rob, a double points weekends kickoff for the mailbox owners only. You remember we said this last week. It is a reward for the mailbox members. So those of you who don't own a mailbox out there,
Rob Vardeman (23:15.303)
And yes.
Rob Vardeman (23:26.702)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Craig Michell (23:34.4)
Don't complain and moan and winch. Turn around and go, you know what? If I wanted it, I could actually get the mailbox myself. So that's what it is. So it's a reward for the mailbox. So, and guess what? It's not too late to get one now. Is it? No.
Rob Vardeman (23:47.026)
It's not like it is like very, as you're listening to this, very close to being too late, just so everyone knows. So beware. Yes. Because the mailbox will be leaving the store. Because you know, the value goes away at a certain point in time. It's not there yet, though. And don't forget, those are cards, which means those clam requirements and all the cards. Yep. That mailbox, that's 31 cards right there. I don't think everyone's thinking about that.
Craig Michell (23:58.761)
Wow.
Craig Michell (24:06.205)
Mm-hmm. Yep.
Craig Michell (24:12.324)
Yeah. Boom. No, they don't. They don't think about that. That's, that's, they don't think that far ahead. Some, some people do don't get me wrong. A lot of some people do, but some don't. So now for those double points this weekend is on greenies flats, virtual colors, temp, virtuals and cards. So there you go. No, right. I know. So Rob, we're going to move on now to the question of the week. This one is, this person wants to remain anonymous.
Rob Vardeman (24:16.695)
Hmm.
Rob Vardeman (24:23.991)
Yes.
Rob Vardeman (24:30.972)
Ooh.
Craig Michell (24:40.8)
They like, they like, I like asking you questions, but they don't want their name read too often on the, on the show. So it's anonymous. And the question is, and this is probably backing up to what before Thanksgiving with the turkeys, you know what I mean? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. The question is when would be the best time to deploy a Christmas met?
Rob Vardeman (24:45.047)
Got it.
Rob Vardeman (24:52.86)
Alright.
Rob Vardeman (25:01.702)
Oh, that does sound like someone who has been thinking and it's one of those questions to try and help other people that pay attention to the answers when I speak a little bit slower. So what I will say is there is no better time than the present to get those deploys out there, get those Christmas max on the map and I don't know, just see what happens.
Craig Michell (25:07.442)
Yeah.
Craig Michell (25:11.916)
Mm. Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (25:25.676)
Hehehehe
Craig Michell (25:30.745)
I like you heard it here first people straight from the I was gonna say horse's mouth, but the vitamins mouth
Rob Vardeman (25:35.584)
Yeah, that too.
Craig Michell (25:38.492)
And don't forget, if you want to submit your questions, or even a tip of the week, have you got a tip of the week that we should actually say, message me personally on either Facebook, Instagram, or on Discord as well. Remember, so we're going to move on now to the tip of the week, because we've got not one, but two. Well, I said one and a half. The half one first is we had this tip of the week previously.
Um, but this is from gliss in ACT Australia and she brought up and she, she messaged me and brought up the photo on the bounces tip from the previous episodes that we'd done before. She did get it. And she got the free card delivered to her as well. It gets delivered on the first of the month. So there you go. But she said remind for everyone to attach three photos to bounces in the month. And Munzie will give you that one free photo card at the start of the following month. But Rob, I had other people ask me. Craig.
How do I do this? How do I actually attach a photo to the bouncer and not the virtual or the physical that they're actually attached to? So, yeah. So do you have an answer for this Rob of how to actually attach the bouncer?
Rob Vardeman (26:36.594)
Oh, yeah. So for me, because I do this as well, because I like to get that card. Um, the way that I do it is you, you actually have to cap the Munzee first that has the bouncer on it. Then I go back into my notifications and my notifications show me what things I've just capped, obviously. So I click on it. If I just kept a tree house and let's say there's four of them in there.
Craig Michell (26:46.167)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (26:53.889)
Mm-hmm.
Craig Michell (27:01.12)
Yep.
Rob Vardeman (27:04.958)
I can put a picture on all four of those, but you have to tap on each one of them individually. You could, yeah. So you have to choose specifically the one. So you can't like tap on the virtual that has the bouncer on it and then capture it while you're in the details, capture it, and then add the picture right there because that is the virtual that is the tree house that is whatever. So you've got to go back into your captured munchies.
Craig Michell (27:05.568)
Hmm.
Craig Michell (27:10.783)
Oh, okay.
Craig Michell (27:19.712)
Yep.
Craig Michell (27:28.785)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (27:32.774)
or your notifications in order to find that specific flat rob to take a picture. So that, you know, you got, you got that one out there. Fancy flat rub. Yeah. Right. Has to be on the bouncer. Yes. Great.
Craig Michell (27:41.424)
On the, and it goes on the bouncer. It gets on the bounce and not the actual virtual, the, the pad. Yes. There you go. Cause I think a few people tried it, Rob as well. And, and, and unbeknownst to them, they messaged me and they said, Craig, it's been like the first and second of December. I hadn't, I didn't get it a card for photo card. And so I was like, Oh, that's interesting. You know what? I'm going to ask Rob. And so, yes. So this is actually responses as well from the beginner series that I've placed on YouTube last week. It's been pretty cool. Actually the amount of response I've had from it.
Rob Vardeman (28:06.1)
Okay.
Craig Michell (28:10.536)
And an actual fact, this next tip was, is from me. This next tip is from me, itself personally, but it was inspired. It was inspired by, by a friend of mine in the geocaching world who like me downloaded Munzee five, six, seven years ago, played it for a week or two stopped. Guess what? He's getting back into it. Rob he's back into it. Yeah. He's back into Munzee. Yes. Yes, exactly. So, but this tip itself.
Rob Vardeman (28:16.174)
Mm-hmm.
Rob Vardeman (28:22.358)
Hmm.
Rob Vardeman (28:31.002)
Hey, welcome back. Welcome back.
Craig Michell (28:38.252)
was he inspired me to release this tip. And that is, he said to me, Craig, um, tell me more about this stuff. You know, how do I, what's a, what's a POI? And so I explained to him what a POI was and that you can cap a POI every single day. Um, I think it might've been his daily zeal, you know, to cap a POI. And he's like, what are they? And I said, orange circle ones. This is what they look like. I'd send him a screenshot, you know, the link, the whole lot. Anyway, he said, I don't have that many around me. I go, what have you got? Have you got a bank? You got a gym and I'll place one for you.
Rob Vardeman (28:47.936)
Mmm.
Rob Vardeman (28:55.262)
All right. Yeah.
Craig Michell (29:08.004)
And so he did, but then he said to me, how do I give you the details apart from just the address of the bank, whatever. So I'm going to explain to people how you can get a permalink map. You see, and so I say, I explained to him, if you go onto a website, not the app, but the website itself on the right hand side of the website, if you click where you click and deploy and advanced and all that directly above that, you'll see the word permalink and it's got an actual link, an internet link.
Rob Vardeman (29:14.732)
Right.
Rob Vardeman (29:20.93)
Perfect.
Craig Michell (29:37.5)
underneath it, just copy and paste that to me. And then that's a permanent link that I can go and have a look exactly where he or she is looking at, and then I can deploy from there. So that's how you get a permanent link map code. And so other people can then deploy in your exact area where you want them to deploy. So there you go, Rob.
Rob Vardeman (29:54.722)
Would you like to know how to do that in the app as well? Because it's there. Yeah, of course, of course, yes. Long press, just open your map up, long press on the map, anywhere on the map, wherever you want it to be centered, and just hold your finger down, and then a button or a deal pops up that says, confirm.
Craig Michell (29:58.216)
Oh, yes. Oh, really, really? Go for it. Go for it, Rob.
Craig Michell (30:10.059)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (30:16.738)
Would you like to share this map location as URL and, uh, and you click yes. And guess what? It copies that. And so all you have to do is go to whatever messaging app and hit paste. You're welcome, Craig. Yeah.
Craig Michell (30:22.811)
Hahahaha
Craig Michell (30:29.476)
That's easier. That's easy. Oh, you couldn't save me. You could have said that could have saved me like five minutes last night. Just saying. Yes. Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (30:37.29)
I didn't know what you were going to say as your answer. You gave them the website version. That's fantastic. I've given you the oh by the way from the Munzee side. Here's a different way. People can play it either way. It's a play it your way game. Well done.
Craig Michell (30:53.658)
Exactly. And Rob, before we wrap up now, because we are, we're over time now. One of the first times we're over time. I know, right? Only a minute. That's okay. But I'll be featuring Rob on the Munzee Maniacs podcast in their next episode. Can you believe it? Oh, I know. I know I'm recording with them on this Saturday. So tomorrow. Yes.
Rob Vardeman (30:58.756)
Yeah.
Rob Vardeman (31:06.466)
What? Amazing!
Rob Vardeman (31:11.195)
Oh, I'm so excited for you. Right.
Craig Michell (31:14.272)
I'm, I'm a bit worried. I'm a bit worried. I'm P I'm PJ worried, but I hope I don't PJ my pants. Just saying, but anyway, we'll leave it there, Rob. So that ends another official Munzee podcast.
Rob Vardeman (31:16.342)
You should be. Yeah, you should be. Ha ha ha.
Rob Vardeman (31:29.814)
Thanks for joining us on this Munzee adventure.
Craig Michell (31:33.672)
So don't forget to subscribe, rate and review on your favourite podcasting app. And join us next week, of course, for another exciting episode.
Rob Vardeman (31:40.834)
And remember, Munzee is more than just a game, it's a worldwide community of mobile game players.
Craig Michell (31:46.528)
So keep scanning, keep discovering and keep the Munzee spirit alive. Rob, one, two, three Munzee on.
Rob Vardeman (31:50.434)
Munzee on! Yeah! I know it. I did it! No?