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--- middle_east_2 [2026/07/27 15:27] – wisechud
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-| **Launch date**  | TBD  |
+| **Launch date**  | August 15th, 2026  |
 | **Historical era**  | 2026  |
-| **Map**  | Stongboa's Europe + MENA Crop  |
+| **Map**  | Polsxa's Europe + MENA Crop  |
 | **Host**  | Fedward  |
 | **Length**  | TBD  |
-| **Peak playercount**  | TBD  |
+| **Peak playercount**  | 131  |
 | **Plugin**  | [[nodes|Nodes]]  |
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 ^  Iteration chronology  ^^^
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-**"Middle East"** is an upcoming iteration that is expected to be launched at some point during August. Shilled and previously teased as a dedicated Middle East/Iran War server, effectively a more modern redux of [[middle_east|i31]], many members of the community have expressed confusion at what looks more like a Euro-centric server than anything else((
+**"Middle East"** is an iteration that was launched on the 15th of August.  Shilled and previously teased as a dedicated Middle East/Iran War server, effectively a more modern redux of [[middle_east|i31]], many members of the community have expressed confusion at what looks more like a Euro-centric server than anything else((
 >iran war iteration
 >no iran.
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 ===== Development =====
-i44's development likely started as a merger of two separate projects in their infancy, being headed by Ghoul and Fedward respectively. Intended to originally be a modern day server set in the Middle East, lobbying by Fedward turned it into the current crop seen above. Most of the dev work was handled by INSPECTOR_OF_EUNUCHS, with configging done by Fedward.
+i44's development likely started as a merger of two separate projects in their infancy, being headed by Ghoul and Fedward respectively. Intended to originally be a modern day server set in the Middle East, lobbying by Fedward turned it into the current crop seen above. All of the development was done by INSPECTOR_OF_EUNUCHS (before he left the staff team), with configs and the texture pack being done by Fedward.
-i44's entire plugin suit was updated to 1.21.11, including nodes, xc, and xv. A number of new features were added to these plugins for this server, like drones and humvees. Other planned features, like town buffs and nerfs based on build quality or data centers, were scrapped due to community pushback. Nodes painting was handled by jammy_nutrient, and the map was done by Goaboa/Falklands, updating the Europe + MENA region of Stongduke's Earth map, which was previously used for i34 and i38.
+i44's entire plugin suite was updated to 1.21.11, including nodes, xc, and xv. Other planned features, like town buffs and nerfs based on build quality or data centers, were scrapped due to community pushback. Nodes painting was handled by jammy_nutrient, and the map was done by Goaboa/Falklands, updating the Europe + MENA region of Stongduke's Earth map, which was previously used for i34 and i38.
-===== Pre-Launch =====
-==== E-Drama ====
-i44's discord was opened to the public nearly a month before launch, with development occuring well before then. Two (probably unrelated) controversies had afflicted the general community in this timespan, these being the ousting of SarasT_T and a renewed bout of ToS wars.
-To the former, the original development and discord moderation team of i44 consisted of 4 alts, with a 5th being brought on once the discord went live. The host and owner of the server, an alt by the name of SarasT_T, soon earned the ire of a particularly vocal minority of the community, mostly centered around members of the Portugoa discord server. Frequent discord pvp, combined with the planned implementation of many features that this minority saw as "not /int/craft"(though this wasn't solely the fault of Saras), caused large amounts of sperging to occur in the early days of the discord((Spamming the chat to death.)).
-This situation would reach a boiling point on a Wednesday night, 4 days after the discord opened, where after repeated requests to fake stepping down to avoid more controversy, Saras would briefly quit the janny team. This would cause three other members of the team, Janitor (AKA Fedward), INSPECTOR_OF_EUNUCHS, and Commander Chud Chudson (AKA jammy_nutrient) to strongly consider splitting off from Saras and hosting their server on their own. Ultimately, Fedward would convince Saras to return to host the iteration.
-During the initial janny drama on Wednesday night, Fedward would tell jammy about SarasT_T's actual identity, which was oldfag [[roguelich]]. Believing ghoul to be an active detriment to the health of the iteration, jammy would organize more protests the next day, followed by a boycott from some of the more significant groups in the community at the time, ultimately resulting in the leaking of the identities of all alt accounts involved in development. This would cause Ghoul to step down, which was the purpose of the boycotting, and jammy to get excommunicated from the janny team. The server itself was not affected by all this drama, as Ghoul wasn't involved with much dev work, Fedward stepped up as the new iteration host, and jammy still completed the nodesmap.
-The second major instance of drama was the still-ongoing ToS wars in the main i44 discord. Likely taking advantage of the lack of moderation after the departure of Ghoul and jammy, a group of users associated with Aechronis, a Crusalis knockoff server, orchestrated the mass reporting of many members of the discord. While these users were banned, alts or other members of the community seeking to stir drama have kept up the reporting, which has resulted in the tightening of rules on the discord and the creation of a private trusted channel there, much like the /int/craft lounge that was used to host i40 and i43.
-You can read Ghoul's thoughts on all of this dogshit e-drama [[https://intcraft.wordpress.com/2026/07/25/drama-engulfs-int-craft-as-new-iteration-looms/|here]].
 ==== Politics ====
-Regardless of all the drama, most factions that played i43 have announced their intent to play again, with the Wojcrafters of i40's AEMG and i43's Jaffna in Italy, remnants of Strykergang in Spain, Fedward in France, and Cyprus in Ukraine. Other groups that were absent from the last iteration returned as well, the most notable of these being the Civcrafters in Tunisia and Randemists in Crete.
+Most factions that played i43 have announced their intent to play again, with the Wojcrafters of i40's AEMG and i43's Jaffna in Italy, remnants of Strykergang in Spain, Fedward in France, and Cyprus in Ukraine. Other groups that were absent from the last iteration returned as well, the most notable of these being the Civcrafters in Tunisia and Randemists in Crete.
-While not much has happened in the way of pre-diplo (so far, at least), there does seem to be conflicts shaping up in some parts of the map. Newfag factions in Ireland and Britain are likely to come to blows, the Tunisians have announced their intent to restore the Caliphates of old, and another Wojcrafter faction in Chechnya seems set on /warring the nearest Slavic country.
+While not much has happened in the way of pre-diplo (so far, at least), there does seem to be conflicts shaping up in some parts of the map. Newfag factions in Ireland are likely to come to blows, the Tunisians have announced their intent to restore the Caliphates of old, and another Wojcrafter faction in Chechnya seems set on /warring the nearest Slavic country.