phamtomguy
Discord avatar for Phamtomguy, a portrait bearing King Charles II of Spain.

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In-game name	Phamtomguy
First iteration	i32
Metagroup	Reddit
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Redditor
Years active	2020–2023
Associated players	Thog Testblocks jammy_nutrient

Phamtomguy (styled as phamtomguy, and frequently misspelled as phantomguy) is a player and former nation leader who notably reigned as King of Spain during i32. His tenure as King was controversial, following a pre-server feud with Portugal. Because of his major defeats and losses coinciding with server wide humiliation, he is widely regarded as one of the worst leaders of /int/craft.

Phamtomguy's origins were relatively unknown, however it was revealed that he was invited to /int/craft during i31 from the SCP Foundation wikipedia by TheSpookyBone¹⁾. His previous history has claimed time on 4craft and older iterations, however which claims are of no basis or source.

Main article: Europa 1700

Phamtomguy claimed Spain during this iteration, as a reigning monarch. During his tenure, Phamtomguy oversaw a plan to annex the entire Iberian peninsula under an Iberian Union. A meme coalition formed between Spain and Morocco to help defeat the Portuguese nation under Uma_Delicia. During pre-server diplomacy, attempts to negotiate a possible peace fell flat and only assured total Portuguese war.

Phamtomguy's diplomacy took a major blow when it was revealed that Phantom planned on backstabbing allies after the supposed annexation of Portugal. This caused not only confusion among the Spanish but triggered anger from even the largest of nations who saw this as a severe case of warmongering. Followed by several more leaks and forged evidence to appear that a coup was underway, the nation of Spain began to tear itself apart from within and nearly collapsed on itself not even a day before the server launched.

During the server's iteration, meme raids were extremely common against Phamtomguy. While most raids only caused minor damage, it was actually the Portuguese who had nearly drained the coffers of Spain's armory from the continued fights. By wartime, the supposed coalition between Spain and Morocco had dissipated. During the war, Morocco was completely destroyed and Portugal brought all their might towards Spain. At the end of the fight, the Spanish capitulated and Phamtomguy unconditionally surrendered his throne until an official abdication was made.

By order of the Cortes-Gerais, Phamtomguy was officially charged for treason and was imprisoned in Fort Azores. From there, Phamtomguy was tried in one of the biggest /int/craft court cases at that time. After about an hour hearing and several minutes of deliberation, the court sentenced Phamtomguy to die. He was shortly executed in a janny-approved public execution outside the fort, effectively ending his short-lapsed career as King of Spain.

Humiliated after the events of iteration 32, Phamtomguy sought revenge against the more established metagroups of the server in the next iteration, a melee resurgence centered around the “Bronze Age Collapse” era. Through a mutual acquaintance , user IronBot, a soldier of Spain during i32, PhamtomGuy made contact with players Jrrarrow and Gavingoodman, future leaders of what would later become the “child soldiers”/PvP kid metagroup – users who would go on to establish the South African nation of iteration 38.

Phantomguy served as a general for Troy, and served both defense during the Seige of Troy and offense in the Battle of Tyre. Both operations ended in total Trojan victory. Leveraging the inexperienced players lack of knowledge of the server and community, PhamtomGuy asserted himself into a position of power within the nascent metagroup, successfully convincing Jrarrow to attack several metagroups who he viewed as antagonizing him during i32 – inadvertently drawing the ire of virtually the entire server through persistent memeraids.

Forging an alliance with player roguelich (formerly coolghoul), Phantomguy would utilize the metagroup's larger numbers & superior experience in the melee meta to decisively defeat the nations of Babylon and Tyre, securing one of his only victories during the course of his /int/craft career.

Main article: World War 1

Phamtomguy served as a diplomat in Estonia and originally a general for Northern Italy. Wanting to claim Italy, both Phamtomguy and WarcorpTM agreed to a janny-approved ahistorical civil war which ended in Southern Italian victory. After being defeated, Phamtomguy sought refuge in the Estonian nation for the rest of the server.

Main article: World War 2

Phamtomguy lead the loyalists in Spain to victory against the rebels. Afterwards, Spain was soon subjugated under the Portuguese-led Iberian Union.

Phamtomguy has since retired from leadership duties, and has renounced any further intent of becoming a leader at this time.²⁾