Pure combat, nothing else
No roleplay framework, no economy, no jobs, and nothing to grind before you are allowed to shoot. You pick a fight from a menu and you are in it.
FiveM · Closed betaRedM · Alpha
Pure combat.
Nothing else.
SKIRM is a competitive combat server for GTA V on FiveM and Red Dead Redemption 2 on RedM. No roleplay, no economy and no jobs: you spawn into a hub, pick a fight from a menu, and every match runs in a world of its own.
Competitive combat, decided by the server. Damage is authorised server-side before it lands and health is read back rather than predicted, so no client can claim a kill. Nothing on the store changes a fight.
- Platforms planned
- 5
- Playable now
- 2
- FiveM
- Closed beta
- RedM
- Alpha
Pick your game
Two games live, three planned
Each game gets its own portal, because each game gets its own build. The planned ones say exactly that rather than describing a server nobody can join.
Playable now
2 builds
A build exists, it is running, and getting in is a matter of asking in Discord.
FiveM
GTA V
The first SKIRM build and the one the rest are measured against. Hub, lobby menu, ranked ladder, open world, PVE and aim training, all running now behind a closed beta.
Open the portal
RedM
Red Dead Redemption 2
SKIRM on the RedM platform, in alpha. The same server-decided combat and the same ladder, in a world with no cars and a very different rhythm to a gunfight.
Open the portal
Planned
3 on the list
On the list and nothing more than that. Each one gets written up once there is a build behind it.
No dates on anything. A platform gets announced when it is playable, not when it is scheduled.
What the name means
No filler, no advantage, one record
Three things hold wherever SKIRM is built, because they are decisions about how it is run rather than features of one build.
Nothing on the store changes a fight
No currency, no crates, no random rewards. Cosmetics render and queue priority orders a connection. Neither touches damage, health or scoring, on any platform, ever.
One profile, every game
Your record follows you across platforms rather than starting again on each one, and lives at a page you can send somebody instead of a screenshot.
How a fight gets decided is a different question, and the answer depends on who runs the server. On FiveM and RedM that is us, and each portal spells out what that buys you.
Profiles, soon
skirm.me
Your record gets a home on the web at skirm.me/chrislenga, shared as a card and readable by anyone you send it to.
- One record across every SKIRM game, not one that restarts each time a new platform opens.
- A page you can send somebody instead of a screenshot, at your own name.
- Linked from your Discord account, so it follows you rather than your install.
skirm.me/chrislengaPreview
chrislenga
ChampionApex
- ELO
- Level
- K/D
- Win rate
- Kills
- Best streak
Games
- FiveM
- RedM
- Fortnite
- Roblox
- HELIX
Straight answers
Questions people ask before joining
Short versions. Each one has a longer answer on the portal it belongs to.
- What is SKIRM?
- SKIRM is a competitive combat server with no roleplay, no economy and no jobs. You connect, pick a mode from a lobby menu, and every match runs in a world of its own. It runs on FiveM for GTA V and on RedM for Red Dead Redemption 2.
- Can I play SKIRM right now?
- The FiveM build is in closed beta and the RedM build is in alpha. Both are handed out in the Discord. Fortnite, Roblox and HELIX are planned with no date.
- Is SKIRM pay to win?
- No. There is no currency, no crates and no random rewards. Every item in the catalogue is asserted at server start to carry no gameplay effect, and the catalogue has no field that could describe one, so a pay to win item cannot be added by accident. The most a purchase does is change how long you wait to connect and what you look like once you are in.
- How does SKIRM stop cheating?
- Every shot is authorised server-side before it lands, and health is read back by the server rather than predicted from the client. A client cannot claim a kill, deny one, or hand one to a friend. A separate detection layer covers damage the rules make impossible, weapons the server never granted and movement the map does not permit.
- Does SKIRM use ESX or QBCore?
- No. It is standalone, with no roleplay framework and no framework bridge. One FXServer process on OneSync Infinity, game build 3095.
The legacy
Born from iSe.GG
SKIRM is the successor to iSe.GG Ultimate Combat, the FiveM server that invented the combat genre. From 2019 to 2024 it pioneered floating platform arenas, gang-customised combat zones and the competitive PVP ecosystem an entire category of servers copied. Founded by Chris Lenga and co-founded with Josh Bryan, it grew past 30,000 members across four regions.
2019
Founded
30,000+
Peak members
396
Staff all-time
4
Global regions
Milestones
- The first floating platform server on FiveM
- Pioneered the combat server genre that exists today
- First FiveM server with gang-customised, lockable platforms
- First to run a verified content creator platform program
- Official server listing and partnership with Cfx.re
- Coverage across NA, EU, AU and Asia
Every gang platform from that server is still standing on SKIRM, open to everyone and gated for nobody. There is an iSe Legacy Card for anyone who was there. That is the whole of the inheritance, and everything else on the server is new.
Stay in the loop
Invites go out in Discord
The FiveM beta and the RedM alpha are both handed out there, and every platform after them gets announced the same way, when it is playable rather than when it is planned.