» Tue May 17, 2011 2:08 am
I've used this username on all the forums that I've belonged to over the years.
When I was younger, I played an RPG on the C64 called The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate. One of the weapons you could find was called a Shadowshiv. It was a sword that didn't do much damage normally, but if you were lucky it would deal lethal damage to a creature no matter it's current health and how tough the creature was(I'm not certain, but I think I may have even killed the main baddie, Tarjan, with it!). So you would either see it deal 1-5 points of damage or you would (rarely) see an insta-kill.
I always liked finding that weapon, and the name stuck with me. Thankfully I have not run into it being used before me at any of the forums I've signed up at.