It was April Fools, I guess it ended up more realistic than intended.
I thought it would be taken like the Wingdings thing last year, but some are angry and more seem to have fallen for it than I expected. No hard feelings, I didn't intend for anyone to actually become frantic about it.
The old forums don't work anymore (I made it so they don't), so no one's posts can be looked upon badly since they did not know. Next year we'll do something seemingly less damaging, I just thought everyone knew we had backups much more recent than 2002.