The jury system was my idea, and I think it has proved a useful and interesting experiment in public input. Some significant and valuable changes were made to the first two maps that underwent a jury review. But in addition to the problems astutely mentioned in the jury discussion thread, it's just adding to my workload. So I will not be pursuing the use of the jury system in its current form.
However, I am still interested in soliciting more input from the Foundry, especially at the point where a map is ready to go into the Forge - when a map is Forged it should be done with the full support of the Foundry community,. I would like the Final Forge stage to be a swift and painless one for mapmakers, in which XML can be finished up and army coordinates centered without graphics/play changes being suggested that will disrupt these steps.
Therefor, I'm going to play with a much simpler idea: a final public review. Anybody and everybody who would like to be involved in a final review of maps before they are sent on the forge will receive a PM linking them to the map under review. The community is encouraged to come in and identify any final gameplay or graphics concerns that may have gotten past the CAs and the mapmaker. When I (or my fellow CAs) feel that the map has received the support of the community, the map will be stamped and sent on to the Forge. No voting, just good old fashioned CA-stamping.
So, if you would like to be included in future public review announcement PMs just post here in this thread, and I'll put together a mailing list.
