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DeMignon: Maybe someone could post a map of Australia with all the dots, to make it easier for others to join the guessing.
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01kipper: Attached
Thanks 01kipper! When I connect the points from 1 to 7 and close the form by going from 7 to 1 it looks like a fish or whale to me.
Maybe we're looking for Captain Robert Morgan? Or is it the pirate Henry Morgan or the Orca Morgan which is supposed to get free.
Post edited January 23, 2014 by DeMignon
Off Topic: Happy Australia Day! (Belated for those actually in Australia, dang time difference!)
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Nigioh: This challenge isn't as hard as The Secret of MPCS1. I've done this for the sake of making a more exciting contest instead of a difficult one. Hopefully this will mean its more accessible and more importantly to prevent a stalemate from occurring like it did at the end MPCS2.
Seeing as how season 1 final puzzle lasted a week and we're entering week 3 for season 2, your plan to stop a stalemate might have backfired a little.
I read a book years ago by Colleen McCullough called Morgan's Run. It's the story of an Englishman named Richard Morgan, who is sent as a prisoner to the penal colony at Norfolk Island (once part of Australia). The man really existed, and the book is well-researched, even if it is a fictional account.

I couldn't make this particular Morgan fit, but perhaps someone else will find it useful.
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IceEagle: Seeing as how season 1 final puzzle lasted a week and we're entering week 3 for season 2, your plan to stop a stalemate might have backfired a little.
It's working as I intended. I meant stalemate in the sense that I had to give a constant series of clues for MPCS1 to get solved and in the end I had to basically guide the group to the answer so that it would be solved at all. I designed MPCS2 to work with minimal clues and to appear deceptively complicated. You have always been close to the answer. Eventually when the secret is revealed you will feel bad that you didn't see it sooner, I guarantee it.

The following will hopefully seal the deal:
You found "Captain" (which I confirmed was correct) and most people agreed (correctly) that "Morgan" is worth following up.
The two last puzzles then too must have an element that will lead to the answer.
The unsolved puzzles are linked.
The Connect the Dots puzzle was originally called " " Marks the Spot. Since the puzzle asked you to connect a clue to a dot I settled for the former. The latter title however refers to the secret element.

I'll also offer a thought process worth considering:
Clearly there is something to do with pirates. Pirates use maps to find treasure. The marks on the map of Australia don't make an "X" though! What marks the spot?

I've edited this post many times, remembering things I wanted to mention.
Post edited January 26, 2014 by Nigioh
Doesn't help me immediately, I'm afraid :D!

Some more thoughts on the map puzzle:

How can we mark a location on a map, without using an "X"?

An arrow? I can get many arrows using some of the points, but none using all of the points
A circle? No, doesn't fit the points
A triangle? No, doesn't fit the points
A finger? Not enough points to draw something this detailed.

What would a pirate use to mark a map, if not an "X"?

A sword? Doesn't fit the points
An anchor? Doesn't fit the points
A pistol? Too detailed

I tried looking again at "Crack the Code" / SPECTRE to see if it will give me any more hints, but still stumped here.
I'm going to give the biggest clue of MPCS2 sometime tomorrow.

Since I'm in a great mood and I've got everybody stumped (these two are probably linked) it'll be a clue in the form of a giveaway (the title of course!).
Post edited January 27, 2014 by Nigioh
Well here it is! The promised clueaway! (clue in giveaway form)

The Secret of MPCS2 is made up of 4 parts, 2 of which you have already found and 2 of which you have not found (the list of parts are as follow: 3 Words, and a single Letter which leads you to one of these 3 words) Giveaway.

Say your in to be. I will draw after 5 people enter.
Post edited January 28, 2014 by Nigioh
Fourteen hours and no one is in? Where are all the ninjas? I'm in.

And thanks for the clue recap/new clue.
i am in
Sure, count me in...
Count me in, thank you.
Not in for the giveaway, but still thinking about the secret of MPCS2 ;-)
New prizes ahoy! 1 more entry till I draw too!