Lol, it's funny to see how people act when they think a forum is being shut down.
It is obviously a joke. Look at it this way...
TE obviously knows he has a supportive community here, so don't you think he would ask for donations or at least warn us of the situation well before the upcoming date of April Fools Day.
Now, let's say he didn't want to ask us for donations, don't you think he would just sell the damn forum to someone who would be able to afford it? Why would you just kill a community on the spot before trying to sell it off and keep it running.
And I also like to point out how hard Chewbaka [any mod really] tries in all of his posts to make himself actually sound serious.
It's completely obvious that this is a joke, so settle down.
If by some chance the forum actually shuts down, well, then it was fun.