Then good bye, he (and other staff members) confirmed it wasn't a prank
And he did show interest in making mod applications in the Staff Lounge (which now is public)
Well, I'm still here now, so... :P And I've apparently only been put up for consideration, so I'm not definitely going to get banned. Speaking of bans, has anyone actually been banned yet. From what I've seen, only a few moderators and super moderators have lost their mod status, but again, that could have been organised. I mean, it's the 1st, and this could be just a very, very realistic (and slightly evil) April Fools day joke. I still personally believe it is just that, but we'll see. If this is still going on in a weeks time, then yeah, this is probably the new PC.
EDIT: After seeing what everyone is saying, it seems that this isn't an april fools joke. Kinda said really, since if this is truly legit, I'm probably just gonna leave PC. :\