I've heard a lot of people talking about how it should be optional whether or not death traps function as a ring out or an end of the match. Here's the problem: It'd work fine for single player games, but what about versus games, online or otherwise? Shouldn't both players be in agreement as to how the death traps work?

Here's one solution: Bring back the "slot machine" options selector from MK3, to appear at the vs. screen right before a match. Remember? I think one of the codes was 010 010 to disable throws. Say that death traps are ring out by default. There could be separate codes to make them end the match or to turn them off.

Another idea: Winner's choice. Each player has a profile set in their memory card/HD, with all of their preferences inside. Whoever the winner of the last match was has their preferences set for the next game. A message can appear on the screen before the match stating what the conditions are. As to the problem of who gets the priviledge for the first match, maybe it can be established by # of koins or win/loss ratio.

These are just a couple ideas I had for a feature that I think will have a problem. If you see any holes in either of these solutions or have a better idea pls say so. The more brains the better.