Selling the entire company is extremely important to the game; also: selling it at a good price is something that the seller would want; however: it apparently was sold while nobody knew anything about it in public.
So why was the entire parent company of WoW sold without the players knowing anything about it at all until it is already news?
Obviously because of The Conspiracy
Are you a shareholder?
Yeah nice meme. I know weāre irrelevant to the sale itself, but donāt they want the world to know so all companies take an interest in the bidding process?
Thatās irrelevant. I know we donāt matter for this as players, but donāt they want the rest of the world to know about the bidding proccess so they get the best price?
I blame Punyelf for this - heck, she gets blamed for everything else 
Mateā¦ you donāt know anything that happens at the top of a company if they donāt want you to know.
Just saying, but even if you were apart of that company, an employee, good chances are that you still didnāt know anything until they make an inside the company announcement, which after a few days leads to external announcements.
Trust me, the department of the company iām in has had owners ranging from Ireland to Canada, USA and now local in Europe. You wonāt know anything what theyāre planning at the top.
They never present, oh yeah guys at y2k company, weāre currently talking to X company about them buying us, or Y for merging with us, or Z us buying them. :))
We know exactly that it was not public news. Hence we know they did not advertise the bidding process to get the best price.
I.e. of course we are irrelevant as players for this but: donāt they want the best price from bidding-competitors?
I would presume that there wasnāt a bidding war for the company, they most likely just worked it out with Microsoft. It does, however, give something of an explanation for Blizzconline being cancelled with no reason, they were at the table with Microsoft and didnāt want any ādistractionsā
I donāt think that, in this case Acti-Blizz, was like: We wanna be bought, place your bids gentlecompanies!
I think it was more of: Microsoft contacted Acti-Blizz for purchasing them and then they settled on a price.
How would they know though without making it public? MS isnāt the only one with money in the world.
I know itās probable, which is the same problem. It would mean they had a monopoly at bidding that way.
does it matter?
i mean who cares. If bill makes the game worse, we leave. If it gets better or stays the same, we stay.
I donāt think bill controls MS for the last 10 years+
Iām sure āLegalā cleared it.
Just like that one cooking show video i saw a few weeks ago, of some guy making some dish for 2 ladies and then asked them if they recognise what they ate.
The possibilities were:
a) Fish liver
b) Human flesh
c) Shark
The Host was like: ā¦ guysā¦ is thisā¦?
Producer/director: Weāre clear. Weāre goodā¦ Legal cleared it!
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it was human fleshā¦ 
Found it:
ā¦ yuck, ducking Legal, i hope those two ladies sued them!
Iām not saying itās illegal. This is obviously legal because big players donāt play with these things.
I question why being secretive about the bidding process is good for the game.
MS have been trying to buy them out for years apparently
Spoiler:
lol, are you one of the people who thought sub numbers were published for players.
It doesnāt matter. I know we are irrelevant as players at this. I question why wasnāt the bidding process in public; some claim ābecause the price would tank etc.ā; if the price would tank: why do you believe in your product?
Why exactly would they need to inform us about these things?
Not us. We are irrelevant at this. To all potential bidders.