I find it to be generally the case that most people shift toward the same opinions (on most things) over time, but some sections of the community get there more slowly than others. I think
@Dabuz is the first player to really get a sense for where the metagame is, and it trickles down from there. He was saying that Marth was top 10 months ago, or that Mario could be #1 weeks ago. I find myself almost always coming to agree with his position on things, but with a few weeks or months of delay. I think this is because meta shifts that we don't see on stream--such as in friendlies or via top player communication channels--percolate down at a slow rate. Sometimes, the understandings or opinions of these shifts turn out to be wrong; nevertheless, it is the pattern of competitive impression-making that they
do eventually trickle down if they have well-thought-out and cogent supportive reasoning.
For most opinions that
@Shaya has, I eventually come to agree, but I am usually 2 or 3 weeks behind his assessment. I think this is generally because he's close in communication with some of the top players (he's also something of a devil's advocate though, so sometimes you'll see him back controversial opinions). I watch a lot of footage and try to analyze the game on a theory level; I spend more time doing that than actually playing at this point because I travel a lot and am not always near a Wii U, but even so I find myself lagging a bit behind Shaya. So I tend to just wait to shout out my opinions by a few weeks to make up for this delay.
I'm going to go against what I just said and call this one early, however, because after watching Ally vs. Salem I'm fairly confident, and also because it seems that some others also noticed (like Abadango):
A camping Bayonetta, piloted by a patient player, may just be the most unstoppable force in the game.