Here is the random thought of the day: 
 
What if somewhat realistic physics applied to Sub Zero's freeze abilities? 
 
- a mid-jump ice-clone would continue the trajectory of the jump. 
- an opponent fronzen in air would fall to the ground 
- an ice-clone with it's gravity-center off would keel over. 
 
Fun times would be had by all... well, except for the guy not playing sub-zero of cause.
 
That's all... 

You can go back to talking about Freddy now :-)

I like the first two, not sure how a keel would work out. Would be a pretty big change to setting up chain combos...

Well technically a "realistic" freeze move would also cause instant death, but I kinda like your ideas. It might change the flow of the gameplay a little too much but I'd definitely be interested in what they could do with it.

Could be interesting. The whole zero-g thing when frozen has always seemed a bit weird, even in MK, though it would change a lot about how he plays.

Well Sub zero is one of my favorite characters and it's awesome

Realistic doesn't really go with Mortal Kombat lol

Would that make a mid-air ice clone similar to a dive-kick that freezes? That would be kind of amazing!

- a mid-jump ice-clone would continue the trajectory of the jump.  

  That would not happen it would fall to the floor wherever it was made.

@kingzetta said:

- a mid-jump ice-clone would continue the trajectory of the jump.  

  That would not happen it would fall to the floor wherever it was made.

Why actually? I'll admit that there is a bit of a disconnect in trying to apply real-world laws of physics to a concept as the ice-clone, since it is basically mass that appear out of nothing.  ...But given we've already accepted that part of the ice-clones nature, I figure that it will continue onward with same speed as the host - or at the very least be pushed forward with the same force as Sub Zero jumps the opposite direction. (When Sub makes a ice-clone while jumping forward, he is himself push backwards in the game).  Well this is turning interesting - discussing real physics on fantasy concepts :-)

Right. I think we can all agree it looks stupid when enemies are frozen and floating in the air, but if they drop, do they stay frozen? Do they instead just shatter and take damage? It would really add a whole new dimension to the game, and it would in-fact make it hard for them to stay frozen for you to attack them.

Wouldn't getting impaled with a spear immediately end a fight?  What about getting shot in the head with a gun?  Forget it Jake, it's the Shadow Realms.

Mortal kombat and realistic don't mix. 

I don't think that realistic Ice magic physics is something that they're thinking about down at Neather realm studios . 

It would be a cool random thingy, whatever they call em. Not for normal play though, no. Not at all. Hopefully that's what you meant though.

It would be a cool random thingy, whatever they call em. Not for normal play though, no. Not at all. Hopefully that's what you meant though.

Realism in mortal kombat eh? Scorpion's fatality would be b,b+HP and almost anything would OHKO everybody.