Soon™
I'm personally looking forward to Quill18 getting a copy.
Watching others can give you another insight on tactics, it can complement your style of play. Or convince you what you are doing is in fact betterWhy watch when you can play yourself? =D
I imagine some steamers / you tubers may get pre-release versions which they can share vision on pre-launch. If so, the only question will be when their non-disclosure agreements let them go public.
The closer NDAs expire from launch date, the worse the quality usually is. I trust HBS more than any other devs but if my livelihood is depending on good initial sales and the game still has a few major bugs, I'd be sorely tempted to hold the NDAs til the last moment and hope to patch and make up later.
Anaro Sunfire has done quite a few beta PvP matches.
Shiv does a few impromptu beta streams from time to time. However He won't be able to get the full release til I send him the Steam Key. I pre-ordered it twice so he could play.There are a few YouTube streamers I would like to see play the game (especially ones that are known to be fans of the universe). Of course there is Sean Lang at NGNGTV, but also Critical Rocket, Shivaxi, The B33f, SidAlpha, and probably more I can't think of right now.
Once the game launches, I'm hoping there will be a lot of streams and Let's Plays to watch, but I will have to make sure to not watch past my progression at the time....No spoilers!
Shiv does a few impromptu beta streams from time to time. However He won't be able to get the full release til I send him the Steam Key. I pre-ordered it twice so he could play.
It also lets me be a complete a-hole (The loveable kind) to him. I timed a few of my donations that really threw him off.Actually, I know. I was watching his recent Beta Livestreams and I saw you in the lobby commenting and donating (plus Shiv mentioned you helped him out).
That was very cool of you, and I am sure he appreciated that greatly.