Yes, it is. Chances of a hard fork happening are already above 90%. I'd advise SW pools to switch temporarily to BU and activate the fork then switch back to Core. Better give psychopaths their BUcoin and get rid of those bitcoin haters.
where the hell did you get this 90% figure from?
the closer it gets to a reality, the more the price is gonna punish them.
anyone can run a node or up their hashing to rattle their sabre. if you're actually staring into the abyss most people are gonna chicken out and realise it's not a game.