The rules and rites of Mortal Kombat

Yeah there are quite a bit of holes but, I still love the general mythos nontheless. But I have a few questions: How much time has elapsed between the Mk tournaments from MK1 through Armageddon? How exactly are the fights set up? Is it an actual tournament where all warriors fight one another and the one that comes out on top is the vicor or, is it certain Earthrealm warriors pitted against other Outworld warriors? Any ideas on the answers to these questions?
 
Mortal Kombat I and II were the only real tournaments; also the only time the tournaments played a big role in the story. There was a lot to gain by becoming champion of the tournament or being the Grand Master that represented the champion, like Shang Tsung did. And it was in Shao Kahn's interest to let Shang Tsung host Mortal Kombat in Outworld so he could get the promise of immortality like it is promised to champion of MK (or in this case, the Grand Master as well).

The first two games' tournaments were also single-elimination tournaments, where the contestants of the same faction may or may not be randomly pitted against each other. This is because the tournaments also represented fighting for honor than just a way of defending the realm.

All the other games were basically just random confrontations or wars. I think MKI-III happened in a spam of a few days; MK4, could have been months; then the rest possibly in a span of several years.
 
I also hope that MK3's invasion is the only deviation from the tournament and MK4's Netherealm invasion is added as "part of" Kahn's invasion like it was in Trilogy just to get that out of the way and return to the interesting aspects of the MK tournament itself.

I hope Liu Kang can survive and be challenged in the future of the tournament as the past champion instead of dying against the wishes of the Elder Gods :{
 
mortalkombat said:
I also hope that MK3's invasion is the only deviation from the tournament and MK4's Netherealm invasion is added as "part of" Kahn's invasion like it was in Trilogy just to get that out of the way and return to the interesting aspects of the MK tournament itself.

I hope Liu Kang can survive and be challenged in the future of the tournament as the past champion instead of dying against the wishes of the Elder Gods :{
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Are you trying to say MK3 should mix with MK4's storyline? And make a tournament? If so, I think that would be kinda kool, Shinnok and Shao Kahn working together.

And I hope he does too. He needs stay the champion! He is the hero and my hero!

end_citizen said:
This is old, but here is the basics of this "tournament"

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1925555
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LOL I seen that video before. I wish they had brakets for the story mode. It would be much better!
 
Shinnok and Shao Kahn are already working together but they're plotting to backstab each other. I was saying that, after Shao Kahn fails to invade Earthrealm and is killed/ forced to retreat, Shinnok would use this chance to invade all of Outworld (and since Earthrealm is technically still part of Outworld...) using Noob Saibot, Quan Chi, (possibly) Sareena and resurrected Mileena as spying eyes and then soldiers for the Netherealm invasion. This was basically the plot in MK Trilogy if you win as Noob Saibot or Mileena (Shinnok's invasion is hastened).

Then after that, I would like to see it return to Mortal Kombat tournament being the center of the story line.

It would be a good way of getting rid of a lot of characters and keeping the main ones while also developing new ones that could be participants from other realms trying to win the tournament to support a new invasion on Earthrealm 50-so years later.
 
I think it's proof enough that they intend on making their short alliance canonical. It's also fact that Shang Tsung exchanged information with Quan Chi about the location of Shinnok's amulet in exchange for resurrecting Sindel.

I'm not saying it was a cooperative alliance... more like a temporary trade off.

Either way, you agree that Shinnok was waiting for the right time to swoop in after Kahn falters, so I hope it's thrown in as part of Shao Kahn's invasion in MK9.
 
mortalkombat said:
I think it's proof enough that they intend on making their short alliance canonical. It's also fact that Shang Tsung exchanged information with Quan Chi about the location of Shinnok's amulet in exchange for resurrecting Sindel.

I'm not saying it was a cooperative alliance... more like a temporary trade off.

Either way, you agree that Shinnok was waiting for the right time to swoop in after Kahn falters, so I hope it's thrown in as part of Shao Kahn's invasion in MK9.
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Ohhh yeah I understand now and yes I do agree with you on that:).
Do you think they will show a flashback of them making a deal?
And I hope you kan acutally see Shinnok invade Edenia and then the screen goes into crediets so it kan kreate hype for MK10.

Wait, if that too corny too? lol
 
I think the only thing shown will be Quan Chi and Shang Tsung making the exchanges. Shinnok and Kahn will probably never even see each other.

But regarding your credits comment, I was actually hoping Shinnok's invasion would actually happen in this game, not in the sequel; and it would come to the point where Earthrealm forces would have to fight of people like Quan Chi, Sareena, Noob Saibot, Reiko, etc. That way, we could get all of this deviation from the MK tournament out of the way in one event and go back to the tournament quickly in the sequel.
 
mortalkombat said:
Shinnok and Shao Kahn are already working together but they're plotting to backstab each other. I was saying that, after Shao Kahn fails to invade Earthrealm and is killed/ forced to retreat, Shinnok would use this chance to invade all of Outworld (and since Earthrealm is technically still part of Outworld...) using Noob Saibot, Quan Chi, (possibly) Sareena and resurrected Mileena as spying eyes and then soldiers for the Netherealm invasion. This was basically the plot in MK Trilogy if you win as Noob Saibot or Mileena (Shinnok's invasion is hastened).

Then after that, I would like to see it return to Mortal Kombat tournament being the center of the story line.

It would be a good way of getting rid of a lot of characters and keeping the main ones while also developing new ones that could be participants from other realms trying to win the tournament to support a new invasion on Earthrealm 50-so years later.
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I really like this idea. +Rep.
 
mortalkombat said:
I think the only thing shown will be Quan Chi and Shang Tsung making the exchanges. Shinnok and Kahn will probably never even see each other.

But regarding your credits comment, I was actually hoping Shinnok's invasion would actually happen in this game, not in the sequel; and it would come to the point where Earthrealm forces would have to fight of people like Quan Chi, Sareena, Noob Saibot, Reiko, etc. That way, we could get all of this deviation from the MK tournament out of the way in one event and go back to the tournament quickly in the sequel.
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Nah, I don't think we will be seeing that. The game is based on MK1-3. I would love that tho.
And I wanna see a flashback of that!
 
I'm surprised no one has tried challenging me on my predicted rules of what the Grand Masters roles are.

I've always been personally confused to why Shao Kahn was promised with immortality if his realm won Mortal Kombat in MKII.
 
mortalkombat said:
I'm surprised no one has tried challenging me on my predicted rules of what the Grand Masters roles are.

I've always been personally confused to why Shao Kahn was promised with immortality if his realm won Mortal Kombat in MKII.
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You know, I wonder that too. It was problem due to the Elder Gods or something/
 
Not a problem... most likely, but probably something to do with Shang Tsung.

As it was said, he became the sole Grand Master and after MKI, it was thought that he was dead; but he wasn't. I have been guessing in a lot of this, but I have an idea that Shang Tsung has the right to declare Mortal Kombat to Liu Kang because he is still technically the sole Grand Master and thus has control over the tournament and can declare a rematch tournament if the Grand Masters judge it was an unfair representation.

Then I would guess that perhaps Shang Tsung somehow transitions his role as Grand Master to Shao Kahn?

Thoughts?
 
mortalkombat said:
Not a problem... most likely, but probably something to do with Shang Tsung.

As it was said, he became the sole Grand Master and after MKI, it was thought that he was dead; but he wasn't. I have been guessing in a lot of this, but I have an idea that Shang Tsung has the right to declare Mortal Kombat to Liu Kang because he is still technically the sole Grand Master and thus has control over the tournament and can declare a rematch tournament if the Grand Masters judge it was an unfair representation.

Then I would guess that perhaps Shang Tsung somehow transitions his role as Grand Master to Shao Kahn?

Thoughts?
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Yeah I understand dude. But I think Shao Kahn took over his place since Shao Kahn is a higher rank than Shang Tsung.
Plus, MK2 was a false tournament so I don't think it was possible for Shang Tsung to do that anyway. Do you understand what I am trying to say?
 
No... the tournament was "real". Just look at this please ;}

If you noticed... Shao Kahn is promised immortality and even more power if he "wins" the tournament. That could mean he participates in the tournament, but I highly doubt that to be the case.

Please look at this too.

Once again mentions immortality; but this time, it's obvious Shang Tsung wouldn't participate in the tournament. I think this means that the Grand Masters are also rewarded with the same protection of immortality as the champion contestant if they're representing themselves as their mentor (as Shang Tsung was to Goro).

It doesn't make sense that Shao Kahn can just suddenly make his own Mortal Kombat because he's obviously not the one being invaded. And it's stated later in that comic that if Liu Kang doesn't accept Shang Tsung's challenge, their realm will lose favor with the Elder Gods. Actually, in Shang Tsung MKII ending, it states his victory in the Outworld Mortal Kombat had unbalanced the furies of Earthrealm.

So my guess is Shang Tsung had to have had sole control over the tournament and could thus be allowed to transition his Grand Master authority to Shao Kahn. The Grand Masters have a great amount of authority over the tournament; they enforce the rules and they can apparently declare one rematch tournament and that's exactly what Shang Tsung did.

Also, this would mean Shao Kahn would be a Grand Master representing one of the fighters... probably Kintaro.
 
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