The one thing I've heard Bad Boy Boon say in the few interviews that I've seen so far,is that one of the reasons why they deceided to focus their energy toward online play is, to get back that "arcade" feel...ya know ,going up and playing a total stranger in MK...well I applaud Mr. Boon for that desire to bring back that 'ol "arcade" feel ,and so far from what I've seen ,he's doing a good job ,but I would like to plead with Mr. Boon,and somehow find a way to throw this Idea at him ,or find a way to communicate this Idea to one of the members of the MK team(I can only hope they occasionally come to this site,lol)and I know this would be a difficult chore due to the fact of interfering with the BroadBand stream and possibly having the actuall match experience slow down,but I think it would be a very worthwhile effort to put some serious reserch into having the the next version of the game have a "spectator" mode where you might have one or more people have the ability to actually watch matches while in action....NOW! THAT! I say,would be truly bring back that 'ol "arcade" feel...and I would definitely be putting my quarter up!
Wise~