How was Shadow Elite founded?

It all started in the spring of 2025.

The owner (Martonio), along with a few other staff members, were already part of another Arma Reforger server. However, there were different opinions about the future of that server, especially when it decided to move away from a modded experience and shift towards vanilla gameplay.

Because of that, the owner made the decision to create his own server, a place where he could decide which mods to use and shape the server into his ideal vision. Together with several members from the old server, we decided to join him on this journey and build something new, a server made by gamers, for gamers.

Our goal was clear from the beginning: to create a place where players could experience the unique feeling of Arma Reforger, without it becoming too hardcore or overly realistic. We wanted to find the perfect balance between authentic gameplay and a more casual, enjoyable experience, a server where you can come home after a long day, hop on with friends or other players, switch off your mind, and just have fun.

The beginning wasn’t easy. But over time, we started to see steady growth. Month by month, more players joined, and our community kept getting bigger.

What started as a fun side project slowly evolved into something much bigger.