Everyone has an opinion. Style, genre and looks all play a part, but with the advent of the Internet there is a way for guitarists, regardless of style, to match talents and wits in an online battle.
Guitarists are competitive musicians.
They despise being upstaged and will duel with anyone who challenges them. When Broderick first built the site, he had no idea how far the musicians would go to win. There are two different ways you can compete. Competitors create MP3 and guitar tablature entries in two-player wars, which are then judged by registered users. The machine matches new entries with an opponent and places the two players in a war.