Official Munzee Podcast

Munzee Weekly Podcast - Friday March 28th, 2025

• Rob Vardeman & Craig Michell • Season 3 • Episode 13

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In this episode of the Official Munzee Podcast, hosts Rob and Craig discuss the latest happenings in the Munzee world, including player competitions, global events, and upcoming community engagements. They also touch on the significance of April Fool's Day in the Munzee community and announce double points weekends for premium members, encouraging players to strategize their gameplay effectively. In this episode, the hosts discuss the importance of purposeful exercise and outdoor activities, the upcoming feature for relocating tree houses and Skylands, and the launch of the Sticker Studio, which allows players to create custom Munzee stickers. They emphasize community engagement, player responsibility, and provide tips for maximizing the Munzee experience.

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Craig (00:01.708)
Welcome to the Official Munzee Podcast.

Rob (00:03.957)
I'm Rob, also known as Coach V, your host and the president of Munzee.

Craig (00:08.03)
And I'm Craig, also known as Seemyshell. started out as an avid Munzee player, now proudly part of the Robbie, you can tell we do this live. You're up next. Proudly part of the team.

Rob (00:18.665)
Each week, each week you stumble through that. But we also delve into Munzee's mysteries, divulge some secrets and inform players from around the world. Just what is coming your way?

Craig (00:28.806)
so sit back, relax. You've already had a laugh today, which is nice and very, you're very much welcome. But today we're talking about everything Rob that's happened in the Munzee world this week. And there's some few things in here that, but maybe have a surprise to some people. especially, especially right at the end with, with, if you don't know, we, we do these, we do those notes, Rob, we do them like, you know, a few days in advance before this podcast goes out. And in some cases things.

Rob (00:40.957)
yeah.

Craig (00:52.352)
that should be out by the time the podcast is sometimes aren't and so we put them at the very very end in case I need to edit them out so we won't talk about that just yet we'll leave that until later on so can edit it all in one go anyway

Rob (01:04.991)
It's, it's a sticky situation this week, isn't it? man. Kick it off. Let's do this. Yeah. you know, I'm just, just business as usual. I'm trying to remain team number one player. Do you know what? Laughed her last week. I really was like, okay, I can feel it. I know you're on the road.

Craig (01:08.559)
look at you already you started already you started I know I know what have been up to mate anyway apart from the usual

Craig (01:22.445)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (01:33.932)
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Rob (01:35.011)
I know you're traveling through zones that you might have some things to capture. And, you know, I'm at home. I'm not traveling anywhere quite yet. And so it's like, I gotta, I gotta be on my game. So I'm getting, I'm getting all my usual stuff, but I've also taken a walk a couple of times. I may have turned on a physical capture booster earlier this week and done a nice long greenie walk.

Craig (01:40.162)
Yeah.

Craig (01:48.515)
Yeah.

Craig (01:53.507)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (01:57.136)
Wow.

Rob (02:01.075)
I didn't, I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary, like extreme. I'm not, I'm not using any special powers. I'm doing everything that any player would be able to do in order to stay 5 million points ahead of you.

Craig (02:07.298)
No.

No, no, That's right.

Craig (02:16.139)
And I think Rob, we now on this podcast vow and declare that we will not use any special powers, Munzee powers per se, to actually enhance or decrease the other person. We should say that together. We should vow and declare that together.

Rob (02:28.579)
You

I do solemnly swear. There you go.

Craig (02:34.19)
Very good, you heard that and everyone's gonna hold you to that too. Because I will say, it stirred up a couple of people, Rob. This little Craig versus Rob, it has, it has. For instance, this week I was driving through Norman in Oklahoma. Oklahoma, Oklahoma. And.

Rob (02:37.496)
Yeah.

Rob (02:48.899)
Where the wind comes whippin' down the plains, you know that, no, musical, anyway.

Craig (02:54.22)
No, don't know that one. Anyway, I was traveling up through Oklahoma on my way to MOGA in Kansas and a people player reached out to me. Her name was Martez and she reached out saying, know, look, if you're in town for any length of time. And I just so happened to, stayed, I didn't stay in town, but I was in the town at Panera Bread doing some Munzee work as well. And then also went to Planet Fitness, had a little workout, had a shower. She said to me, Craig, I can meet you out there.

creamery that's got some awesome adventure labs in this ice cream here. And I said, well, adventure labs, yes, tick ice cream even better. And then she met me there as well. We had a really nice chat. Well, Rob, she said to me, she said, Valdez declared that I'm team Craig. So it's now going to be team Craig versus team Rob. And so, so yeah, she's on, she's on team Craig. She, she made an announcement on the water cooler that as well that, you know, with some photos of me and her, but this is the one strange thing. her name.

Rob (03:25.091)
What?

Rob (03:36.171)
UGH

Craig (03:50.036)
Martez is Spanish for Tuesday. Did you know that? Yeah, Spanish for Tuesday. So when she's asking me about my van, my van's name is Tuesday. You see, my van's name is Tuesday. And I've got a sticker on the back that says, you know, Tuesday and see you next Tuesday and all this thing as well. And so, and so she's she's like, my goodness, that's my name in Spanish. I'm like, wow. So that was really cool. So, yep, she she got it all meant to be all meant to be.

Rob (03:51.075)
Mm-hmm.

yeah, yeah, more to say, yeah.

Rob (04:01.517)
yeah!

Rob (04:13.163)
It's all meant to be, but I, know. So I was just looking for my list and, Martez has moved up the naughty list. So it's unfortunate, but that's what happens. Yeah. When you choose the wrong team.

Craig (04:22.382)
it's okay it's okay Martez he jokes he jokes he jokes. Meanwhile what gets even better what gets even better Rob is she's putting the call out on the water cooler saying who's on team Craig and this is where he's going to be for MOGA so play some cards for him for MOGA.

Rob (04:28.707)
Mm.

Rob (04:38.893)
This is completely ridiculous. I'm, I'm on, I'm on team coach V. Let's, let's, you know, have some people sounding off. I, I'm not going to make the announcement yet. It's coming in the next segment, but don't you worry team coach V. I've got a plan and it's happening very soon.

Craig (04:47.116)
Hahaha!

Yep.

Craig (04:55.018)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Craig (05:02.693)
Well, I will say Rob, that is that, uh, yeah, now you know what it feels like to be PJ. I'll just say that now, you know, now you know what it likes because PJ is not well loved compared to Sarah. Sarah is the number one. So, you know, so you send.

Rob (05:08.49)
I know!

Rob (05:13.515)
Yeah, I'm going to need a team coach V and a team see my shelf shirt and we'll just see. Of course it is. Of course it is. All you have to do is barely tweak the face on on the PJ one because he's still still a bald guy. Yeah. I knew it. I might as well. Yeah.

Craig (05:19.438)
It's on its way. It's on its way. It is on its way. Don't worry. Don't worry. And I could...

Craig (05:28.462)
You beat me to it. You beat me to it. You knew I was going there. Anyway, Rob, all right, let's move it on. The events from last weekend, we only had Arizona and Kansas and then in the, in the round the world we had England, but Rob, I missed out. We missed out. didn't see Japan had an event on the Monday last week as well. Monday this week just gone, Japan had an event too. And don't worry, Sarah held me accountable. She messaged me, private messaged me and she said,

Rob (05:51.299)
Hmm.

Craig (05:58.472)
Why didn't I hear Japan on the list for, I went, I'm so sorry. And then looked at them, it's Monday. I didn't see that. Because you know, Rob, how the calendar wraps around and I look at Friday, Saturday, Sunday, the Monday is like on the other side of the calendar. So that's my excuse. I apologize, Sarah, but I'm sticking to the excuse, but they are hosting an event next week, next week, next month in Japan as well. So keep your eye out for that and post double cards for that week as well. So awesome.

Rob (06:12.92)
Yeah.

Craig (06:25.326)
Rob around the world we had the leaderboards on Friday we had Jaffa 43 on 211,000 points, Coal Cracker 7 on 207,000 points and Munzee Prof on 199,000 points. Three very well-known players that you hear all the time on the podcast on Saturday, Rob.

Rob (06:40.963)
On Saturday we switched over to Flowerpot Man 250,000, Tofu Girl 219,000, and Coal Cracker 7 189,000.

Craig (06:50.302)
on Sunday, Colecracker7 for the trifecta with 218,000 points in first place. Linusk on 214,000 as well. And BigBill54, BigBill54, that's a new one I think. 182,000 points, good work. BigBill54, I don't know why I said it like that. It's it's BigBill, BigBill, that's way it is. So, but well done to Colecracker7. She's moving up, Rob, in the ranks. And I do believe I watched a, I watched a video.

Rob (07:03.309)
I so.

Rob (07:07.876)
No,

Craig (07:17.07)
that the good old king of Munzee, W. Helen himself posted in the Munzee Monthly Moments last month, I think it was, where he wants to hand over the crown. He wants to hand over the crown. And he looked at Munzee Prof and he even looked at Coal Cracker 7 as well. So I think that may have inspired good old Coal Cracker 7.

Rob (07:35.499)
mean, I'm inspired by the competition that you've put in front of me. if if W Helen like dangled a carrot for Coal Cracker seven, I bet you that's definitely happening there. That's great.

Craig (07:39.88)
Yeah

That exactly, Events this coming weekend again, because it's coming to the end of the month, we only have Kansas and California and none around the world. Rob, big events. What do we have first on the big events, mate?

Rob (07:57.527)
Well, coming up very, soon, April 5th is toxin. He's got the events that are happening in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK. are 33 people on the will attend list that has jumped since last week. And I think part of that is because I'm one of them. I just committed this last couple of days. I'm going to be there and I'm super excited. And that's why.

Craig (08:07.822)
Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, did.

Craig (08:17.172)
Rob (08:25.481)
I'm not afraid of what you are going to have at MOGA this weekend. I'm not scared.

I know and I'm not scared. I'm not scared because toxin has put the word out saying if you're looking for a million points in one day, be here for these events like he's he's that committed to the gardens that he's had built and all the different things going on. So it's also going to be a double point weekend, but we'll talk about that in a minute.

Craig (08:44.002)
Wow.

Craig (08:48.182)
Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. I know.

Rob (08:54.175)
Exciting times coming for Wolverhampton, coming for Team Coach V. Please don't undeploy your deploys in Wolverhampton just to try and hinder me, everyone. No, anyway, it's going to be great.

Craig (09:02.581)
No, no, no, no, no, What I suggest, what I suggest Rob, don't underplay anything. Don't do not underplay anything. Keep it there for Rob and then just look where I'm gonna be and do two for me, two for my two cards for me and one for Rob. So two for one deal there. That works better. That works better. So exactly. April 6th to 13th as well in the Netherlands. There's more than 20 there already as well on those ones. May 3rd is three events. Now there's three.

Rob (09:14.787)
A two for one. It works.

Craig (09:29.966)
Sorry, I didn't say this last week Rob. There's now three in Uranus. Not two, but there's three. Another one fit in Uranus. So there's three events now in Uranus. On the Friday, one event, and Saturday is two events. 31 they're attending now as well. I'll be attending that one. So what that means is, again, smash that area with the ploys for Team SMS, Team See My Shell, and get it from there. May 24th we have... What, we're going to Uranus? No.

Rob (09:51.907)
I'm on the fence. I'm on the fence. So watch yourself. Watch yourself. all I got to say. Nothing, nothing, nothing, you know, in stone yet, but stick around. Hey.

Craig (10:02.548)
No, I don't want you in Uranus. saying. Anyway, May 24th is Munstock. There's so many people, Rob, that can't wait until after May 3rd, so I don't have to say that anymore. May 24th is Munstock and we're all going to be there for Munstock. So that's going to be equal rights. June 7th and 8th, we have Ohio hosting SOS. I'll be in that one as well. Make sure you get the cards out for there. But also June 7th and 8th is Five Events on the South Coast of England, Rob.

Rob (10:13.251)
I can't wait.

Rob (10:31.115)
likely for me to be there.

Craig (10:32.43)
what? See, it's, it's, it's, it's, I shouldn't have said anything. I should have just done it and then said it after I've passed you. July 11th to 13th is four events in Western New York, Munzee Marathon, Western New York that one is. September 12th to 14th, four events, three days Munzee Mania in Minnesota as well. And then January 16th to 18th Munzee Mecca in Florida. So mark your calendars and get your travel plans in place, Rob. What do you think? Very good.

Rob (10:34.774)
Likely.

Rob (10:39.811)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (10:59.971)
Yeah. I think that all sounds great, but you know what? It's been 11 minutes and we should start talking about what's happening this week. We've, we've had a great time. I hope the listeners have had a fun time as well. We can't say bye. Cause there's so much going on. Let's, let's blaze our way through the first few things because everybody knows about this stuff because, but there's, there's some exciting stuff. So, Oh yeah. I hope for no edits. Here we go.

Craig (11:03.7)
Mm-hmm. I know. I know.

you

There is.

Yes. Exactly. Exactly.

First one, I hope for no reason, first one Rob is the gardens of the month for March have been, the winners have been announced, badges have been given out. That's all my job now Rob too I'll say. People ask me, what do you do for Munzee? I'm doing little bits and pieces here and there. That one there is all my job. So if you don't have your badge, then you know, come and complain to me. People, why should Rob deploy in the gardens though? It's because of the badges. Like every person, you deploy one, you deploy one Munzee, one.

Rob (11:41.557)
Yeah.

Craig (11:51.508)
in a garden and that garden wins garden of the month, you get the badge. If you deploy 15 or 20, you get the same badge. You only get the one badge. So try and spread out your love amongst all the gardens. That's my advice.

Rob (12:03.511)
I mean, they are, they're tagged, you know, now with garden of the month, you know, the, trying to get the garden of the month. So all you have to do on cup is he is just go look for those garden of the month tags for the specific month, try and get into the ones that you think, that design, that design is what it's all about, because that's what we're looking at as a team. You know, we've got a little team vote that happens and, yeah, just spread, spread the love. think that's a very good,

Craig (12:06.382)
Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

Craig (12:16.067)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (12:20.673)
Yeah.

Craig (12:26.531)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (12:32.995)
pre tip there, you know, the early tip of the week.

Craig (12:35.56)
Exactly. And also now that Munzee have announced the rest of the gardens for the rest of the year itself, then you know, if you've got a garden, a previous garden that's already filled that actually qualifies and that may fit in that particular, you know, spot or segment, you know, whatever it might be, then change it, edit, edit the name and put the tag in it to say, and then couple of people pick it up from there. So.

That's the best way to do it. Cause I know, I know, NYI Sutter, she did that as well with all her gardens. So all her gardens are in there for the rest of the year now as well, which is really cool to see. So good job to her as well for picking that up and running with that ball. So very good. Rob, Rob, Rob. Next one on the list is April 1st, April 1st. Now the 1st of April, we know as always being sort of, you know, April Fool's Day to some degree or whatever.

Rob (13:25.677)
Hmm. Yeah.

Craig (13:26.926)
Sometimes Munzee does a prank or something. I remember a few years back, you know, there was one thing you did. What was it last year? I think you did this. You pranked about this something about a vacuum cleaner or something sucking up all Munzees everywhere and whatever. you know, is there any ideas on what's going to be happening this, this year?

Rob (13:39.021)
Right, yeah, yeah.

Rob (13:45.219)
Here's what I gotta ask you. Are you feeling lucky, punk? Well, are ya? What do you think of that? That's pretty good.

Craig (13:48.59)
Hmm?

It was Clint Eastwood from Texas. don't know.

Rob (14:01.313)
No, no, not from Texas, but, I don't know, just feeling a little, feeling a little Clint coming in with that one. I'll just say, yeah, we, we like April fool's day. You know, we always do the question that usually comes up is, is this serious? is this a joke or is this a joke that is serious that will be coming soon? and, and I think that's the part that I enjoy most is.

Craig (14:09.272)
Well, yeah.

Okay, okay, okay.

Craig (14:26.028)
You

Craig (14:29.794)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (14:31.107)
Um, doing what we normally do, which is just coming up with some ridiculous types of things. And, uh, and then you just have to sit back and wonder if it's real or, or is this a fantasy? Um, I don't, I don't know. It's, it's going to be a fun day. That's what I have to say about that.

Craig (14:36.408)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (14:40.991)
Hahaha

Mm-hmm. I like.

Craig (14:49.194)
Yes, yes. So make sure you especially open up your app on the 1st of April, whenever you wake up, open up the app and just see what's going on. That's all I can say, because I don't know too much about that one. yeah, I've been snoozing through meetings anyway. Rob, we've got double point weekends coming up in April. There's two of them, two of them for premium members. And the first one is April 4 to 6 premium only. So if you're not a premium member, this will not account for you. If you're a premium member, then you'll get this one as well.

Rob (15:03.915)
Yeah

Craig (15:18.54)
And that's on cards, flats, all virtual colors and white is a color and mysteries as well. that's the four of those four double points for premium members only Rob. So that includes those events that you talking about before, toxins events. Wow.

Rob (15:33.237)
It does. It does. Yeah. And, and this is all of the elemental mysteries. So you're talking about the blue one, but you're also talking the virtual and the physical ones as well. So fire, ice, water, earth. Yeah. And then void, void, light, air, whatever the other one is. Yeah. Electric. There you go.

Craig (15:38.85)
Mm-hmm.

And the physicals as well. Wow. Wow. All those ones. Yep. Yep. Yep. Perfect. Perfect. And, and you may or may not, I can't say confirm nor deny because Rob doesn't even know yet. He hasn't done it, but obviously scattered points. You've had scatter points in clan wars previously, you know, so, that, that may assist in the scatter points as well for those. if, if, if scatter points are part of clan wars, I don't know. I don't know.

Rob (16:01.483)
Mmm.

Rob (16:06.357)
I mean, yeah. Those those go out on on what? Friday. And unfortunately, they go out after the podcast is live. So obviously, we can't be teasing that even if I do know, which I don't. You know, yeah.

Craig (16:10.222)
Rob doesn't even know, he's shaking his head now. Yeah.

Craig (16:24.47)
No, you don't. mean, I guess it's Wednesday, Wednesday morning and you haven't even done your last minute Rob. You get your, get it all done on Thursday night anyway. So that's what happens.

Rob (16:32.717)
There are times when I've done it well in advance. Today is not one of those times.

Craig (16:37.162)
No, no, that's fair enough. But then the second weekend Rob is April 11 to 13th and that's for everyone this time. Double points for everyone. And this double points is on greenies, jewels, cards and flats as well. Do those jewels include the physical jewels as well? I'm sure they do. Yeah, yeah.

Rob (16:51.979)
Yeah. Yeah. So the jewels and are the physicals and the flats are physicals and the flats, the physicals and the virtuals. So if you've got those credits that you've just been sitting there holding onto why it's time to get them out there on the map, getting the points. Yep.

Craig (16:56.91)
Hahaha.

Craig (17:02.474)
Mm-hmm. Yep. Yep. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. And greenies and we all know greenies is every single day. So April 11, greenie caps, points. April 12, the same greenie cap, double points. April 13, the same greenie cap, double points. So yeah, get them out. Get your greenie runs in. A lot of people have done that Rob since greenies can be capped every day. And again,

It's coming up to the end of March I don't see the everyday going away just saying I'm putting it that out there to the players because they said End of March you said under much you're looking at it again I'll let that everyone know right here on the podcast straight away. It hasn't come up in meetings So they're gonna leave it live for the time being so there you go. I like that I don't care I can like that Yeah

Rob (17:33.57)
Yeah.

Rob (17:45.123)
True. We, yeah, no, it's all good. We don't have a plan to take it away. So as long as everyone keeps playing by the general rules of, you know, cap of physical Munzee at the location, and we don't see any manipulation of that with greenies, then I think we're good to go. So everybody, thanks and hope you enjoy.

Craig (17:55.574)
Yes. Yeah. Yeah.

That's it. That's all it is.

Yeah, yeah.

And I think Rob as well, 99 % of the people do have really enjoyed this and have used it correctly in terms of they've gone out to the local parks, their local walking tracks, and they've deployed their own greenies around their tracks and they get out and walk every single day. mean, you know, for me, walking for me, Rob is boring unless there's a purpose to it. Munzee is the purpose for me. It's the same as when I was in Australia and I used to kayak, used to go ocean kayaking.

Rob (18:30.529)
Yeah. Yeah.

Craig (18:35.564)
I didn't go ocean kayaking without a fishing rod. the fishing for me was the purpose for going ocean kayaking. It's the same thing. Getting that exercise with a purpose. don't just like Lou, she rides a push bike for riding a push bike sake. No, she's in like, she's competitive. So she wants speed. She wants to beat herself on a target. So there's a reason for the exercise. So that's what you do with your greenies and well done to everyone out there. We'll say Rob, well done to everyone out there who's now set themselves up.

Rob (18:53.26)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (19:01.902)
for their daily walks in different locations. Beautiful to see, beautiful to see. All right, Rob, you moving on to this next one now. What's happening with this one?

Rob (19:05.666)
Absolutely.

Yeah. So I want to, I want to dangle a carrot. want to answer an old question, which people have talked about, the way a way to relocate like a tree house or a Skyland. This has been a really popular question, you know, that's come up and, and it's come up through support tickets from time to time, people writing in saying, Hey, I moved. Can you please move this tree tree house or Skyland? And the answer is no.

Craig (19:14.783)
Yes.

Craig (19:21.294)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (19:24.686)
Yes.

Craig (19:36.121)
yeah.

Rob (19:38.691)
Um, because we don't do that. We don't do that for any type of Munzee. We don't relocate things just for the sake of relocating them. Um, it's just been a rule from the very beginning. So, uh, so anyway, um, yeah, you can archive it and you can put out a new one, but that's pretty expensive. Uh, you actually just threw that away. So, um, so we've, we've kicked around a lot of names and a lot of ideas and we've landed on one and it's coming soon. Now I know everyone hates to hear, it's coming soon.

Craig (19:38.904)
Yeah.

Craig (19:54.346)
Yeah. Yes.

Craig (20:03.95)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (20:07.447)
But it is coming soon, soon, soon. However, the actual date isn't landed on quite yet. And that is based on the next conversation that we have. And that is based on quite a few other things that are happening. We've made it through quite a bit of our priority list. And so I was able to revive this topic of relocating tree houses in Skylands. for those of you who've been waiting for it,

Craig (20:10.072)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (20:19.864)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (20:36.833)
You don't have to wait much longer. It's coming.

Craig (20:39.532)
I think this is a very, very, very, very positive aspect because obviously people do move and they're in two minds, Rob. They either A, they leave their Skyland and treehouse there at their old location move, but then what happens is that if you own bouncers and they're just sitting in that treehouse or skyland for that many hours and doing nothing and not getting capped, you see? So that's an issue for the bouncing people.

Rob (20:58.615)
Yeah.

Craig (21:01.454)
And if you then if you archive it, then you have to buy a new one, which is you're there. They're 10 bucks each. And so, you know, that's another $10 to that sort of thing. Whereas if you can like, you know, get a credit of some sort and then move your tree house or your Skyland that you already own and move it to the location, then you can do that. Rob, you do. I will say you do do with POIs if there's a bank POI, for instance, and the banks closed down and you get notified that the banks closed down. You don't archive that POI. You put that credit back into that.

owner's account, the bank credit back into the owner's account and then they can redeploy it somewhere else. You can do that. Yes. Yeah. But no, no, no.

Rob (21:36.685)
We've been known, we've been known through support to do that from time to time. We also don't do it every single time. So sometimes it's like, look, there's a bank right over there. So we just drag it to the other one. yeah. Yep.

Craig (21:47.184)
okay. Yep, yep. One of the two. But either way, that's what you do normally with those support tickets themselves, but you've never actually done it. You've never actually moved anyone's actual Munzee like Treehouse or Skyline. Well, this is a good thing, Rob. I do believe this is a very, very positive thing. And I do think that a lot of people out there, I don't think there's gonna be any negative aspects to this at all. At all. No, no.

Rob (22:07.437)
Yeah, I can't think of any, but I'm going to think about them before we release it I'm going to try and put it in the blog so that we acknowledge here's what negative there might be from this, but I really, I don't see much.

Craig (22:13.751)
Yes.

Craig (22:17.414)
Exactly. don't see much. time as well, if you put in things, the place whereby you can only do it certain amounts of time per year, for instance, like once a year or twice a year, for instance, you know, so you're not getting people that trying to use tree houses or Skylands as mailboxes, so to speak, you know, they can't do it every single day. You know, that's, that's going to be in place as well. So things like that, that's all going to be in place for, to stop that from happening or to be abused, so to speak. So, but yeah, yeah, exactly. Exactly.

Rob (22:36.536)
Yeah.

Rob (22:44.323)
Mm-hmm. It's true.

Craig (22:46.478)
And it's still gonna cost you because if it was free for instance as well, everyone would be trying to do it like a mailbox. know what mean? So it still will cost you something, but it won't cost you the obviously $10 for a brand new one every single time. That's just insane. You know what I mean? That's well and truly over the top. So it makes sense Rob.

Rob (22:52.994)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (23:02.443)
Yeah. The idea behind it is move it one time because it's not like you physically move all the time. Well, you actually do, but not everyone moves daily type things. So this is not, like you said, not a replacement feature for a mailbox or something of that nature. and it is only going to be the skyline of the tree house, at this point in time.

Craig (23:05.953)
Yeah.

Craig (23:11.18)
Yeah.

Craig (23:21.25)
No, no.

Craig (23:25.686)
Mm-hmm. Exactly, All right, Rob, yeah. Okay.

Rob (23:29.185)
about this? I'll lead us into the next part by saying it's time to talk through that sticky situation that Sam has been involved in for a very long time. if this podcast ends and jumps straight to the conclusion, we'll talk more about this next week. That's... yeah.

Craig (23:39.026)
Hahaha.

Craig (23:45.774)
or the question. If you're hearing the question of the week straight after this now, you know that it's not time for it yet. But if you're not, guess what? Listen up because Rob is about to release something very, very special and long awaited. Rob, what's going on? Oh.

Rob (23:59.797)
It's the sticker studio everyone. my goodness. man. We're so excited about this sticker studio. Sam and I have talked about this for years, literally because there used to be, a, a tool, the skin machine is what it was called and, the name itself, a little bit weird. So, you know, we tweaked that and I can say that it was, the leading of Sam that got us to sticker studio. he resurrected.

Craig (24:10.2)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Craig (24:17.101)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (24:27.17)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (24:29.539)
this old tool that people loved like from 10, 12 years ago that allows you to create Munzee stickers and use different designs and drop the QR codes in so that you're not just putting out just a boring QR code. Or if you buy the ones from Munzee, you know, they have the little pin in the background, just a small background. So if you want a Munzee to stand out so that people do notice it, then you put a design next to it.

Craig (24:45.55)
Thank you, I'm code.

Craig (24:49.934)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (24:56.376)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (24:59.573)
Enter Sam enter the sticker studio and we've released this now. So it's available on the cup of Z websites, cup Z.com slash sticker. If I remember correctly, and, it's live now it's only available on cup of Z it is available on the app. I'll walk you through very quickly. and then there's way more details, whether we go through all the details or not. I don't know this week because time is running, but,

Craig (25:10.588)
Hehehehe. Mm-hmm.

Rob (25:27.221)
There are there are two really cool things about this. You have the ability to print your own what we call and we've we've differentiated the names between the two types of Munsies now. So there are non generic Munsies and non generic Munsies are what players have always been able to create and to print. And so those are tied directly to your account. If you create a Munsy, a physical Munsy that you then

convert or whatever you go to deploy that that one has like munzee.com slash slash coach V slash 1234 it is numbered it is tied only to my account I'm the only person who can deploy it it's how event munzees work and everything else those are non generic okay those are free they always have been there's always been limits on how many players can create all of that kind of thing

Craig (26:11.502)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (26:23.447)
So we'll just stop there with non-generics. Then there's the option of generics. So for the first time ever, we're actually giving players an opportunity to get and to print your own generic codes. Now, what is a generic code? A generic code is one that is not tied to a player account, which means that I could go through and I could print generic codes and you and I could share them. You could deploy them on your account. I could deploy them on my account.

Craig (26:50.402)
Yeah.

Rob (26:53.059)
They're also the only types of codes that you can use to replace someone else's Munzees. So if I am following you around, you're already gone and out of town, I can use these generic codes to replace anything that you put out that might already have been removed. That's the two types. Generic codes are not free. They've never been free. These are the types of codes that Munzee has sold through our store. The stickers that we create, they're high quality, they're vinyl.

Craig (27:07.256)
Mm-hmm. Yep. Yep.

Rob (27:21.527)
They have a layer of laminate on top. They have lasted five to 10 years already. No signs of fading for the most part. So we've always printed high quality ones. We're expecting that everyone is going to continue to create and print high quality stickers. But now everyone can create these generic codes themselves and use them. This is an effort to make it faster and less expensive for players to

have these generic codes on hand. Can you still buy them from us pre-printed and we ship them to you? Yes, you can. That's not going away. So I'm not like trying to get rid of the entire shipping business as much as I enjoy it and lose helping me now. But anyway, that's kind of the big points. So I'll just stop there. And then I know that you always have questions and they are follow up questions to make sure everyone gets all the information.

Craig (28:05.742)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (28:10.702)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (28:16.472)
Hahaha.

Rob (28:17.111)
We'll see how much of that you want to get through with how much time we use and all that. But those are the highlights and everything. Because you're hearing me, that means that it went live and that means that you can read the blog yourself. You've also made a really great video, Craig, for everyone. That is a great walkthrough. They can watch that and try it on their own. There you go.

Craig (28:32.686)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (28:39.545)
Mm-hmm. Exactly. I will say, Rob, yeah, it is fantastic. It's gonna be used by people who, you know, don't want to literally or can't have the days, weeks even to wait for the generics to be posted out and that sort of thing. But what I love the most, Rob, and that is the ones where we're talking about the stickers that you can create now yourself, but have that like the, the...

the warning or electricity or, know, there's some there with like a warranty date next to it as well. And it just looks more authentically real for the location to the point where I was in Canada and I saw a tree house and a tree house had next to the QR code. had like the, on the same sticker, the same label. had warning CCTV cameras in place. It was on a, in the city, in a city, Rob, on the light pole. This light pole had been painted.

They painted around the sticker, not over it. They painted around the sticker. And I was like, wow, that sticker did exactly the job that it was supposed to do because it had that, I'm going to say like a camo, like an urban camo. I'm going to call it. I think that's what you guys call it too. Urban camos. Yeah. Yes.

Rob (29:36.205)
Yeah.

Rob (29:47.395)
And that's, that's what we called them when we sold them in the store. Now, you know, back in November, I did the clearance sale and I sold out all of those stickers. There are actually some left, but I haven't, I haven't put them back in the store yet. They might come out in April, just so everyone knows be ready. but yeah, we, we sold all of those designs.

Craig (30:01.134)
Hahaha.

Craig (30:08.237)
Mm-hmm.

Rob (30:08.707)
It's just, it's difficult to keep all of them in stock and to travel with those and to do the shipping myself. So we don't do it anymore. Now everyone can choose which designs do you like? And yeah, the, team's done a really good job led by Dylan for the most part on the designs. Really great job of giving players some, some fun options. premium players actually have the opportunity to upload their own custom designs.

Craig (30:12.854)
Yes, exactly, exactly.

Craig (30:24.898)
Mm-hmm.

Craig (30:37.006)
Yes. Yeah.

Rob (30:37.461)
saying that a little bit quieter because I really don't want everyone to make a million different designs because every single design that gets created by those players, I get messaged about it. And so does Sam. there is, there's not an approval process as such, but we will be looking at them. And if we disapprove of the, of the, the image that is used, this is written in the blog. We reserved the right.

Craig (30:49.908)
yes, yes, yes.

but there's a disapproval process. Yes.

Rob (31:07.277)
to cancel all of the codes that that image is attached to. So it's a dangerous little slippery slope for anyone who puts something out that everyone knows is not family friendly. Like just don't do it everyone. If you buy a hundred generic codes and you put it on something that is not appropriate, I'm not going to give you back the codes. I'm going to archive all of them and you're going to be sad. Don't do it.

Craig (31:16.469)
It is.

Craig (31:20.95)
Yeah. Just don't do it.

Craig (31:32.45)
Yeah. It's inappropriate. Exactly. Exactly. Use it. Use it, Rob, to the point where what you think make your own, urban camo design. If you, if you see the ones that you, mean, there's plenty there already. They're pretty plenty already there pre done. But if you want to do your own and do a little spin on it, for instance, you know, for instance, Rob, you can do like city of, you know, property of, you know, that sort of thing as well. That would pretty, pretty cool, you know, and, and, and do like your own urban camo design from there, but that's premium members only. So

Rob (31:42.275)
Yeah.

Rob (31:53.347)
Hmm.

Rob (31:59.873)
Yeah. Yeah. One of Sam's suggestions is like your profile picture. Like, you know, you having see my shell stickers, like that's kind of cool. It's down in the, in the bottom of the QR code. So it stands out if you want it to, but it doesn't have to that kind of thing. So yeah, there, the, the, the options are very wide. It's limitless if you will, but within, within some guidelines. So that's the one part that I really.

Craig (32:01.902)
Very, very good.

Craig (32:06.882)
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's cool.

Craig (32:14.134)
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Craig (32:22.41)
Mm-hmm. Yes.

Exactly.

Rob (32:28.823)
feel the need to say because I'm that guy. I'm the please follow the rules, everyone. I'm always the one who's concerned about things that were where people may, you know, bend the rules a little bit. And this is this is something that you are you are representing the company and the company cannot get into trouble over stickers, because we tie all the stickers to you. So

Craig (32:31.254)
I Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Craig (32:41.964)
Yes, yes.

Craig (32:50.669)
Yes.

Craig (32:58.144)
Yeah, that's right. It all comes back to you. So exactly. Yep.

Rob (32:58.595)
It all comes down to you players. Please represent the company. Well, we would, we would love it. And I'm very excited to see really good custom designs. We might even take some of them and we might add them into the rotation for all premium players. Yeah. Wouldn't that be cool?

Craig (33:07.17)
Yes.

Craig (33:10.926)
general. That's cool. That's really cool. That would be cool. That would be really cool. Yeah. And I will say as well, I was on the fence with Rob about having people upload their own designs, et cetera. And it was Sam and the rest of the team that pushed. Yes, yes they can. I was on team. I was on team Rob here saying, you got to be careful with making their own designs. exactly, exactly. Rob.

Rob (33:31.969)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Craig (33:36.514)
We're going to now the question of the week and this is from Jennifer Gaia on Facebook and she asked in regards to the gardens, of course, can you please explain the August MVP category better? And we explained this last week in the podcast. We said about the August being the MVP. She said it seems odd for a garden to win twice, but that's how it sounds like. Is that true, Rob?

Rob (33:58.388)
interesting. August's theme will highlight our favorite winners from the past year. As part of our player appreciation awards, we're looking for the cream of the crop. What garden would you like to see with this honor? She's right. It does. It does sound like that.

Craig (34:00.45)
Yeah.

Craig (34:05.837)
Yeah.

Craig (34:12.524)
Yeah, she's right. Yeah, it's gonna get the garden of the month for a second time. Yes, and it may have a crown on it something, I don't know. I don't know, you haven't seen any designs.

Rob (34:18.881)
Huh. Interesting.

I might have short-cutted my way through reading all of these and not fully understood or thought about this. Thank you for pointing it out, Jennifer.

Craig (34:32.366)
So, Rob, that a, I'll get back to you answer?

Rob (34:39.959)
That is that is definitely and I'll get back to the team and then I'll get back to you because yeah, I'm not so sure about that. It is interesting to think of think about the fact that we would give another badge to a garden that we've already given a badge to in the last 12 months. Now, if we went all time, that might be interesting. Or if we I don't know if there's interesting.

Craig (34:48.248)
Hmm

Craig (34:54.786)
The same garden. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Craig (35:06.06)
Ha ha ha!

Rob (35:07.265)
the naughty naughty team for slipping something past that. I know it's interesting. I've been I've been pushing so hard for let's get all the themes out there to everyone that I I was like, yep, those will do. And this is where everybody can catch me on the fact that I don't always read every single little.

Craig (35:09.952)
Not me, not me, not me. I didn't put that one in. I didn't put that one in. I didn't put that one in. I started in October. I started October.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Craig (35:29.536)
Yeah, I think...

Rob (35:30.423)
I'm going to I'm going to investigate this. Thank you very much Jennifer. I don't guarantee an answer by next week, but I do guarantee an answer. We will before August is here before June is here. no, I can't say dates before the end of the year is here. We will have updated this.

Craig (35:33.422)
No, no, no. We will give.

Yeah.

Anyway, Rob, we're gonna go into the tip of the week. I'm gonna give you two tips of the week. First one, just in case I can't do the second one. First tip of the week, Rob, is to deploy in the gardens, to try and get Munzey gardens filled up because they do need to be filled in order to be acceptable for the garden of the month. So go through the garden of the month on Cup of Z and seeing which ones you like the best and filling the gardens as they go. Second tip of the week is, Rob, the sticker studio, have a look, have a play around. You don't have to...

It saves the PDF files or et cetera to your device. And then you can go to a good print shop. If you don't have a printer yourself, go to a good print shop and get out those really good, good sticks that last for a long, long, long time. Don't just print them on paper and stick them with sticky tape. No, don't do that. No, please don't do that. Do it, do it correctly and do it right and do it once. That's it. So perfect. All right, Rob, guess what, mate? This ends another official long Munzee podcast.

Rob (36:27.668)
Please don't do that.

Rob (36:37.857)
Well, it might have been long and it might not have been. Thanks for joining us on this Munzee adventure.

Craig (36:40.11)
Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcasting app and join us next week for another informative episode.

Rob (36:48.144)
And remember, Munzee is more than a game, it's a worldwide community of mobile game players.

Craig (36:52.61)
So keep scanning, keep discovering, keep that Munzey Spirit live from one, two, three, gardens for the win. I can't say that, I can't say that.

Rob (36:56.831)
Manzion! I would have said sticker, but it could be edited.

Craig (37:05.13)
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