Hi friends.
My native language is not English. Help solve the problem with the name of the game.
Please explain the difference between these words and tell me which one is best to use the name of online PvP game. Players will fight with swords.

Generally, this voxel game with the ability to dig. Well, you understand, the game is the successor of Mc.

Which is better:
"Dig Steal Slay"; [DiSS/DSS]
"Dig Steal Kill"; [DiSK/DSK]
"Dig Slay Steal"; [DiSS/DSS]
"Dig Kill Steal"; [DiKS/DKS]
"Steal-n-Kill";
"Dig-n-Kill"?

Pay attention to the abbreviated name - it is also important.

Slay and kill are basically the same, but "slay" is more explicit and violent. To slay someone is to kill them in a battle, or kill them violently, or to kill people in great numbers.

Diss is slang for "insult" -- "He diss'ed me" means "he disrespected me" / "he insulted me".

Disk is a round object, or a DVD/CD/hard drive.

Diks is like dicks/penis...

DSS/DSK/DKS are meaningless (unless you add a vowel into them, like the "i" above).

Slay and kill are basically the same, but "slay" is more explicit and violent. To slay someone is to kill them in a battle, or kill them violently, or to kill people in great numbers.

Thanks for the reply. So what better name?

Maybe you should rethink your game idea. There are probably a million people thinking they can simply copy Minecraft and people were interested in that, but if its just a clone where the programmer is not even able to choose a good name him/herself people wont play it. You need something different to make people interested.

There is a good link: http://rampantgames.com/blog/?p=6609. Also take a look at the other linked story there.

Maybe you should rethink your game idea.

None of them feels appealing to me, its just a list of verbs and a name is a noun. I would more likely think of something made with RPG-Maker when seeing it and not a Minecraft clone.

None of them feels appealing to me, its just a list of verbs and a name is a noun.

I have to agree. All very generic sounding to me. I would try to come up with a better label overall. However if it MUST contain kill/slay, I vote for slay. Sounds less vague and thoughtless (though they are very similar); plus slay just slides off the tongue better.

I'm not very good at coming up with names either though, so I can't really help you further

“Slay” often has an implicit relationship with swords due to fictional medieval times in which dragons were slain by knights wielding swords. You don’t really slay a dragon with anything else.

But in more modern times, samurai do not “slay” their enemies via katana, they “strike them down”.

When it comes to “kill” vs. “slay”, it depends on the period in which your game takes place and possibly cultural factors, though “kill” never wins against “slay” in regards to swords. “Strike”, “Slash”, and “Jab” are other potentials but none implicitly indicate death, and some can refer to knives or other sharp objects besides swords.

Also, it is not clear what you mean by “Steal”.

“Steal” is mainly a verb meaning to take something without permission.

“Steel” is a type of metal used to create swords.

If you still want to refer to swords, it’s “Steel”.

L. Spiro

“Slay” often has an implicit relationship with swords due to fictional medieval times in which dragons were slain by knights wielding swords. You don’t really slay a dragon with anything else.

"War" or "military kinetic action" ?