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RDM, VDM & NLR

Three acronyms that get thrown around constantly. What each one is, when it applies, and how the server handles them.

RDM — Random Deathmatch

Killing someone without roleplay reason or prior interaction is RDM. It's the single most common rule break on any RP server.

What counts as "reason":

  • The other player has threatened, robbed, or attacked your character or someone close to them.
  • You're in an active gang conflict and they're a member of the rival side.
  • A police officer is using lethal force on a fleeing armed suspect after lawful escalation.

What does not count:

  • "I felt like it."
  • "They looked at me funny."
  • "They were trespassing on my driveway." (warn first, escalate gradually)
  • Drive-by shooting strangers because your character is "crazy".
Important

Initiation matters. Before lethal force, your character should have a clearly communicated reason — verbal threat, demand, or visible escalation that the other player can react to. Silent kills are RDM.

VDM — Vehicular Deathmatch

Using a vehicle as a weapon without RP reason. Same logic as RDM, just on wheels.

  • Tap-and-go bumps in normal driving don't count — Los Santos drivers are bad, that's just the city.
  • Deliberately ramming someone off a bike, running over a pedestrian, or using a vehicle to win a fight = VDM.
  • Vehicles are valid weapons in active gang conflict, vehicle pursuits, and against an attacker mid-scene — the line is "is there a roleplay reason for this specific impact?"

NLR — New Life Rule

When your character dies and respawns at hospital, they don't remember the moments leading up to their death. Specifically:

  • Who killed them
  • Why they were killed
  • The location and other people in the scene

You can roleplay vague impressions — "I was in the alley behind Pillbox, then I was here" — but you cannot return to the scene, can't seek revenge on the people who killed you, and can't describe the killers to police.

NLR's window is the scene that killed you. After that, life resumes normally.

Warning

Returning to the area you died in within ~30 minutes is the most common NLR break. Even if you're "just driving past" — find another route.

Reporting

If someone breaks one of these on you:

  1. Don't break scene to argue. Comply with whatever the bad scene becomes, finish it, then take it to admins.
  2. Use /report in-game and explain in one tight paragraph: who, what, when, location.
  3. Admins review the F8 recording and the chat log. Don't keep messaging them while they look — they'll come back to you.

A clean report with a timestamp and a player name gets resolved fast. A frustrated rant with no specifics doesn't.