It'd be unreasonable to assume that the 7 million that signed up (or even close to that number) plan on playing the game or even care about the game. I've signed up for a bunch of betas and never played them. There is still room to convince people to buy this game now that it has a $40 price tag instead of the speculated F2P model. Especially for those that signed up for a "free trial" and are on the fence about buying the game.

The streamers usually play the game for a few hours and never touch it again. I don't think you can create conversion from this but I don't think that we should avoid giving them keys solely because it doesn't create twitch viewers. I think twitch numbers will go up as the waves get larger. If we don't invite streamers because they provide little value, would you say that the average player generates even less value for the same playtime?

Why do you think it's a bad idea to give a big streamer a key? (and why are you so aggressively against it)
Blizzard gets free promotion to a large viewer base that normally isn't following the game. The majority of players aren't going to play competitively. They may dabble in ranked but they're not looking towards the "next big esport". It wouldn't be a good representation if the only people invited are competitive players. I think inviting the average joe or big streamer is just as important as inviting big name players that want to play the game.

bring home that $33 boysssssss

Kapoww#1366
No beta :(