There are some cases where RDMing is called out inappropriately. However, this may be considered RDMing on some servers. Killing him may be considered "maintaining your cover" to build trust with the Innocents rather than to waste his death. Although you may want to fumble a bit to buy him time, if your Traitor friend is trapped then he is as good as dead anyways. The Innocents notice and fire back, calling on you for backup. As a Traitor, you are standing at a high vantage point with another Traitor friend who suddenly starts openly sniping Innocents.Some servers allow you to shoot someone who is following you after you express that you don't want them near you.Some servers allow you to claim rooms and shoot anyone who enters.Shooting players because they "looked at you funny", were near a dead body, or stopped moving for a moment to "purchase from the T store".RDMing will lower a player's karma.(If enabled) This can be especially frustrating to Traitors who have done nothing wrong. However, it can also happen when Traitors kill other Traitors. Usually RDMing happens when an Innocent kills someone who (as far as they know) is also Innocent or is a Detective. In Trouble in Terrorist Town, it is often required that there be enough evidence before killing someone, although the exact amount varies by server. You shout, "Give me all your money or I will kill you!" The player fails to meet your demands. An innocent player is running along the street.Many cases which are called RDM are not RDM such as: Somebody enters your shop while you're building and you shoot them.RDM may also be defined as mass murder/reasonless killing on roleplaying servers. You can also get away with RDMing on a popular DarkRP server by claiming the person you killed was following you. Killing players for metagaming reasons ("Their voice is annoying", "I don't like them", etc).Killing all players on your team that you can find.There are a few universal situations that are commonly RDMing. Usual penalties include banning, either permanent or temporary, or an admin using a slay command to kill the guilty party. This can vary from situation to situation and are often defined by the servers. This was never an official term but was fan made. Random Deathmatch (abbreviated to "RDM") is a term used to denote when a player randomly kills other players without valid reasons or when someone is upset that they died, even for a legitimate reason.