This hardfork not really hardfork, because no changes in blockchain, only in client.
Not quite the case.
The client will no longer allow microstaking, AND it will exclude all clients older than the new revision. so if you're running the old wallet after today, and it does manage to synch, it will be on a fork. There was no major revision to the protocol, but it's still a true hard fork.
So in plain English its not possible to mod the code so it will allow microstaking ?