[rumor, not fact!] Hasbro selling off WotC

[ZombieButch]

The WotC site is up and running fine; I'm browsing around on it just fine on another tab right now.

 

[Aeolius]

It's down for me as well.

 

[Friadoc]

To paraphrase JMS in the Babylon 5 Movie "In the Beginning", "The stronger something is denied, the more I have found it to be true."

Hmm, I must put this theory to the test.

Nah, Alyson Hannigan is not leaving Alexis Denisof for me.

It's totally, 150% untrue.

Seriously, it's just a silly, stupid rumor and in no way is my girlfriend okay with it, either.

Nope, no wife/girlfriend swapping, it's just not true.

Nope, nada, uh huh, zip, zilch, zero.

*dashes to his bedroom and then returns, disappointed*

Well, fudge. *chuckles*

 

[Scarbonac]

I can, at this time, neither confirm nor deny that I am Spartacus.

 

[Mark]

I hear they will make good on all of those enlargement emails I have been receiving over the years!

 

[Charwoman Gene]

One positive example of a website working trumps many negative examples.

Oh, Clear your cache, and check your proxy settings.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

My understanding, from insiders who wish to remain anonymous*, is that the chief bidders are Umbrella Corporation, Wolfram and Heart and LexCorp…. ‘cause after all this time, the WotC manager’s have been possessed by a desire to prove Jack Chick was right all along.

*It’s Jack and Bob in accounting. Just because they want to be anonymous doen’t mean they are going to be.

 

[Xyxox]

As a shareholder in Hasbro, I bought stock after they bought WotC, I can say, at least with as much visibility as I would have, that there has been no call for a vote to sell any parts of the company or subsidiaries.

While there was mention of the company making a larger profit off of it's lisences directly, instead of indirectly.

So, that said, while it wouldn't surprise me that Hasbro would sell WotC, I've seen zero mention of it to the shareholders who, from my understanding, would have to approve of said thing.

Your mileage may vary.

And even if you owned only a single share of Hasbro, you would have received a proxy vote. The only way the original rumor can be true now would be if the announcement is Company X has made an offer for the WotC IP and Hasbro has determined it is in the best interests of the shareholders to accept said offer pending approval of tha majority, at which time you'd receive your proxy.

That has happened before, but it would mean many many months before such an offer could even be formally accepted and even longer for such a sale to go through.

Given that, I very much doubt the veracity of the intiating rumor.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled speculation thread.

 

[dmccoy1693]

Just tried again and its working for me just fine. Maybe their server is busy from all the people checking to see if the latest announcement is up yet.

 

[Aeolius]

OKay, now it's working... odd.

How long has WotC been using these inane slogans at the main wizards.com page? I never go to the main page, anymore.