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To me, he is everything a true man should be.

And I easilly main him in MvC3. :smiley:

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This country has lost a lot of things over the years. Some honor, some equality, some freedom. But what I think we’ve never lost is people trying to make it better. We’ve never lost the firefighters, policemen, teachers, and local politicians who do hard work for crap pay to try and make everyone’s lives a little better. We’ve never lost the activists who have enough pride in their country to expose when they think it is doing wrong, or being unjust, and know that the republic will live another day despite it. We’ve never lost the people who know they have enough, and give back to their communities, even if all that combined still isn’t enough to help us live up to the nation we want to be, someday. We’ve never lost the people who come here because they *know *they can build a better life here. We will never lose Lincoln, or Teddy, or FDR.

I hope someday I can be a fraction of what some of these people are. Lord knows I’m working towards it.

Captain America is all of them. He is the ideals, the heart, the conscience, and, most importantly of all the pride of this nation. He is not the echo-chamber for the loudest knowitall, he’s the voice of the people who can’t speak for themselves. He is their defender. That’s why he has a shield, not a sword, or mystical powers, or a god-damned gun, he has a shield, and nothing else but courage and determination.

I can’t be Lincoln, Teddy, FDR, or any of the other everyday heroes who makes our lives liveable, but anyone can be Captain America, so long as they have that courage and determination.

That’s why in everyday life, when I don’t know what to do, I ask “What would Steve Rogers do?”

That’s why I play Captain America.

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Captain America is just a shining example of an awesome nice guy and the type of man men everywhere should strive to be. A true blue hero…plus i so totally love his taunts in UMVC3 and how he salute. so gawdlike…

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If you ever get to run it back against an online post-match taunter, taunt at the end and tell them to "SHOW SOME RESPECT!"

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i know right. its sooo good. do it against my friends in offline play alot.

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It’s funny how Captain America became my favourite Marvel Vs Capcom 3 character => my favourite superhero.

My friend, intuitive2011, used to use Cap when we first started playing (and I hated Cap then, but only because he used him lol). I started to diversify the characters I used later, then I saw this video, specifically when 0:34 happens

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What done it for me was the commentators shouting “Aye, Aye, Aye, AYE, Aye…” duringthe infinite (I think Spooky was one of them, not sure but if so, he, or whoever it was, is my new favourite commentator lol).

From then I discovered that I could relaunch of a light charging star, but as I couldn’t land it consistently, I got frustrated, and dropped him.

However, I played a 1st Lord online during a player match (I was 7th) called LaFunkhh. He used Captain America, amongst other characters, but boy did he blow me away… no homo, lol. I had never seen Cap move so fast, or know he had those combos, many of which I still use to this day in Ultimate.

I picked him back up, and started to search the internet for more combos, and for inspiration to create my own. Which brings me to another reason I use Captain America, Ken123103. I believe the charging star relaunch was some of his technology. And when he showed the other Shield Slash loop, it was a wrap (though I like how he kept these particular combos to himself until Vanilla was over lol). Not only was he my favourite character, I though he was one of the best characters in the game. So thank you Ken :slight_smile:

My love for Cap remains in Ultimate, he’s always been a stable in any of my teams. But I prefer the Vanilla Captain America. The only buff I appreciate is his double jump, which many have said that not only did he previously have, but should have had anyway. I actually don’t care for the OTG SS. I feel like he was made a weaker (Ken’s video I hyperlinked shows an example of the damage/combo potential he had previously), and less fun character, in Ultimate… I WANT JUST MY OLD SHIELD SLASH LOOP BACK! Lol.

Nah, I still love the guy, heck I watch the Avengers cartoon just because of him and I’m a grown man! lol :smiley:

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I played a bunch of Cap in MvC2 because his jab linked air combos felt so good. Then I read the Marvel Civil War series and that pretty much locked in Steve as my favorite Marvel hero. Then Marvel 3 came out, and he was actually viable compared to MvC2. Then Ultimate came out and he was even better. Never looked back. Plus, whenever someone his playing an orb mashing Strider ill tag cap in just to hear:
“All skill, no heart, and no victory”

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“Charging Sta-HYPER . . . CHARGING . . . STAARRRR!!!”

Also yeah, I just decided to go dramatic, but gameplay wise, I’m going to quote myself in the “Best Player for Each Character” thread.

In addition to all that:

  1. Easiest character to play well. Not a lot of tech skill required, only if you really feel the need to improve his . . .
  2. . . . easy as shit high-damage combos. Starting from 5L or 2L he can still manage more than 700K without assist from a standard relaunch BNB. Add on the Doom missiles continuation (and let’s face it, we all need to be playing Doom), and that easilly becomes 800K- a milli. 2 meters. Only Zero can manage more for less, and he’s not nearly as easy.
  3. Under-rated assist: Captain America-A. If you have a point character with a cross-up heavy gameplan, this one’s great because it really only adds meter and damage, it doesn’t scale back damage like a typical projectile assist.

There’s others, but I don’t have the time right now.

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I play Captain America because Shield Slash combos look fucking cool.

Also Shield Slash assist works really well for my Dorm relaunch combos.

Oh, and his execution is really easy, which I like, because I have monkey hands.

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I always played Captain America back in MvC1 with Strider. Those two were my favorites.
When I got Vanilla MvC3, I came back to my beloved Cap to realize a horrible truth: he kind of sucked, and needed OTG assists. He was really awkward. So I just stuck to Dante/Wesker/Sentinel like a truly original Marvel player.
But then one day I was joking with one of my friends like hurrrr durr I’m gon play Captain America and beatchu. Meaning I played Captain America/Dante/Wesker. When I started winning though, I was getting pretty hyped, then I realized how hype it would be if I legitimately learned Cap and started bodying everyone. So I committed to learning everything about Cap - his range, his normals, his hypers, etc. - and I built a team around him the best I could to allow for amazing synergy - Captain America/Doom(missiles)/Spencer(SlantGrapple).

Flash forward to Ultimate with 12 new characters. There were much better battle buddies now for the soldier. But there were so many choices that I didn’t know what to pick! I tried everyone, and I eventually settled on Cap/Nova/Strider in the beginning. Sick color coordination (Hawkeye just wasn’t doing it for me), and I HAD STRIDER AGAIN MY OLD PAL.
I was getting pretty far, but once I got into higher ranks online, I started losing more battles, and I realized the cause - Nova just wasn’t doing it for me either. Then I did something I never thought I’d do - I switched to a certain angsty demon twin. And his name wasn’t Dante.
After spending so much time in training mode, I found that Cap and Vergil just clicked together amazingly. And I started winning online so much more.

After all the war, all the fights on the battlefields, I found peacetime in Captain America/Vergil/Strider. A bit unorthodox, but it’s working quite well for me.

My PSN is EpicRamen, if anyone wants to fight. Peace out soldiers.

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lol! thx dude! do you still rock the stripes? we gotta play some matches sometime! There aren’t many Caps online…

To me, Cap means ROCK SOLID GAMEPLAN, steady gentle patriotic rythm, going with the flow. …And lots of crossups!
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btw, hey yall

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Yeah I do! He’s been the online consistent character I’ve had over the two games haha. I haven’t been online much recently, my lazy/disorganization has even affected how bother I am to play! lol, nah I’ve been busy yeah we definitely have to!

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You don’t mind if I add you on PSN? That was just golden.

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yeaah duuuuuuude! i’ve been pretty offline lately too, but i think i’m back. It seems i can’t stop playing FGs for too long lol. Also, i got a brand new capture card and i have to use it, damn!

Thanks ^^ Sure, my ID is laFunkhh. Probably tomorrow i’m gonna play big time. I’ll be looking forward for you!

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He hits hard, he’s a ton of fun, he’s heroic and patriotic but not a cheesy way, but in an epic way.Plus, he was one of my mains in MVC2.

I know its not “cool” to be patriotic anymore in this country, but I am proud to be American and he’s one of my favorite characters in the game so I usually pick him.

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I used to play Cap/Ryu or Cap/War Machine in MvC1 and I was happy to see him get his OTG back in UMvC3, he’s a super soldier and I love using him.

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Cap is a great super hero.

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Ok I just got reading some Captain America comics and this is my opinion on him:
Captain America is the greatest character ever created.He is,as long as i’m concerned,the greatest hero on earth.An aspiring symbol of hope,he expects the absolute best out of everyone.He is a man who walks among Gods and monsters.He is a man standing proud.He is a man that after a hard day’s work goes to sleep and thinks:
“Today I did good.Tomorrow I’ll do better.”

My favorite aspect of him is his sheer willpower.Beaten and tortured by a force greater than himself he refused to give up even at death’s door(see Avengers 1 by Hickman).Even when his mind was under siege by the greatest telephatic force on Earth he broke free of the shackles of evil(see Uncanny Avengers 3).He stands alone against the forces of Fear all by himself(see fear itself).He shall never give up against the the forces of evil.In the last issue of Brubaker’s acclaimed run on Cap’s solo he said a line that resonates with me in an incredible scale.It goes something like this:
"And that’s the thing about being Captain America.It’s to realize the battle is always too big.And it will never end."
That line had me crying for a good hour and a half.

All-Star Superman’s opening had a nine word explanation for Superman’s history.I will something similar for Captain America:
World at War…
Hero’s Birth…
Symbols die…
Under ice…
Return of Hope…
CAPTAIN AMERICA

I am dropping my main team and building a team for Cap.When I go to a tournament I will enter as Real Cap.My son will be name Steven(or Pietro or maybe even Remy).I am pumped as f**k to play as Captain America.Peace.

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It seems like a lot of people here don’t realize the mockery and satire of American nationalism that went into Captain America; especially with the goofy, over-the-top recent film. You guys are really taking this as honest, “YEAH GO AMERICA” when it’s absolutely not at all. It makes me wonder if any of you guys have ever turned on the news or read a book, or view the entire world through works of fiction instead. Sheesh.

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I don’t think anyone here is mistaking a Captain America comic for a Toby Keith song. When Cap was created it absolutely was “YEAH GO AMERICA!”, and in the recent movies and such he addresses it. In the Avengers, for example, he says something like “when I woke up, they said we won the war. They didn’t mention what we lost.” Cap represents some important facets of America’s past and possible future in contrast to something like Team America: World Police.

Aside all of that, Steve Rogers is just a great character. He represents the values and glory of Superman but with the limits and hard truths of Batman. His physical abilities and demeanor are out of our reach just enough to inspire without seeming inconsequential.