The places where the fights took place (the Arctic, a wild west ghost town, the tomb of a Chinese emperor and the Amazon jungle) were all devoid of human life. This might have been a subtle clue to the identity of Grandmaster's challenger.
If everyone on Earth was paralyzed during the game, shouldn't there have been millions of accidents as a result? Perhaps the players arranged it so they would not happen. Also, if only 24 heroes were needed, why gather *all of them?* Perhaps so they would not interfere with the contest?
