What do you think of a forum-based rules revision system for a tabletop wargame?

[darkPrince010]

I'm hoping to start a forumotion forum in the near future with a TT wargame ruleset. The basic idea is every stat and rule for every model (As well as the overall main rules) will be able to be voted on by the forum members, and after 2-3 months of voting, the final tally determines whether the stat or rule is improved, stays the same, or is nerfed/removed. Changes will be gradual ("+ 1 WS, -1 WS, or keep it the same for the Assault Marine" kind of changes, to give a similar example from 40K, not a "WS10 or WS1?" change).

Rough forum organization will be:

Rules Sub-Thread
--Sticky of newest version of rules and faction lists, possibly with archive of old editions
--Assorted Faction sub-threads, and a FAQ/New user sticky
----Separate stickyed thread for each unit or chunk of rules (Melee, movement, shooting). If I can't fit multiple polls into a single thread, each unit/rule chunk will again be a sub-thread and have separate stickyed threads with the polls for each stat/rule.

Discussion Sub-Thread
--General game discussion sticky
--Sticky poll of what faction or factions you play. Reasons why in spoiler to avoid page cluttering:

This is important, as if there's a huge skew for or against certain factions (ie, a 5:1 ratio of Faction X compared to Faction Y, there will be a somewhat small bump to the voting weight of the less popular faction to avoid smothering the voice of the minority faction players. Possibly something like the difference in ratios/2, round down. So 5:1 is (5-1)/2=2, 10:1 is (10-1)/2=4.5=4, something like that. Now if the 5:1 is Faction X:Y, every vote for Y counts as 2 votes, if 10:1, every vote for Y counts for 4 votes, etc. This way close faction differences (Like 2:3) won't get unneeded boosts in voting power. Needs balancing, but that's the rough idea)

--Assorted Faction sub-threads, and a FAQ/New user sticky
---Faction or unit-specific threads and discussions. This would be where people could post new rules they'd like or old ones they want changed (If there's enough interest, these will become poll options during the next rule voting iteration)

General Discussion sub-thread
--General/random/off-topic discussion threads, and FAQ/New user sticky

Guidelines for the forum would be for user to try and vote objectively, not "He beat me and now I'm mad at Faction X!" votes. Mathematics to prove a point is encouraged, to avoid subjective "This feels too good/bad for this model" arguments. I hope to get a decent playerbase eventually, and the overall goal of this is to help quickly and efficiently balance new rules and units through direct player testing, rather than game developer's interpretations of perceived issues.

I don't have a solid game system pinned down (I have a few ideas, but none I want to use for-sure yet), but I'm open for suggestions as to theme, setting, etc, in addition to feedback on the idea for a forum-based ruleset.

So what do you think?