You know what'll happen if they make an apply-for-staff forum, it's inevitable. Just a few of the things that'll proboably occur:
"GIVE ME MOD", "I WANNA BE A MOD", "I WILL PSEUDO-MODERATE EVERYTHING IN GAME AND ON THE FORUMS, GIVE ME MOD", "AMG I WILL HAX IF YOU DONT GIVE ME MOD"... Need I go on?
Of course, even if it's not instated, there'll still be the large base of "Wanna Be Mod's", or "wbm's" around.
[Edit]: For those of you whom aren't familar with me, I can be a bit of a troll at times. Don't take what I say out of context too far.