A New Kind of Roleplaying Game [HELP WANTED]

[Jzadek]

Ok, having looked over this count me in as very interested. Like Chauncymancer, it's 3am here, so I've not read every single word, but from what I can tell this sounds like something that I'd love to be involved in.

I have a couple of questions:
1. What is the balance going to be between socialising and combat, and how deep should each system be?
2. Are we going for complexity, and thus depth, or simplicity, and thus ease of use?
3. Is this going to be designed for a particular type of setting (like D&D is for fantasy, Call of Cthulhu is for cosmic horror, etc) or a universal system? Generally, a the former allows for much more specific systems, while the latter requires a certain level of vagueness, or a large amount of work (which I would be on for).

And finally, on more specific terms:
4. Is there going to be magic, and if so, what kind? I've been in the process of designing a freeform system for d20 (which is hard). I'd like to try and adapt the basic pillars to this system, if possible.

So, yeah, if you'll have me, this is something I'd very much like to do.

EDIT: I'd also like to see a system which bears PbP in mind during design. While most existing systems are great, they do sometimes suffer when played over a forum.