Comments on: R.I.P. Doris Self

R.I.P. Doris Self

Otis — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:19:08 -0800

R.I.P. Doris Self, the world's oldest video game competitor. In 1983, she achieved a world record score of 1,112,300 points on the arcade game Q*Bert. Two years later, her record fell, but she was encouraged to continue playing by Pac-Man record holder Billy Mitchell, who delivered a Q*Bert arcade machine to her door. Doris would play Q*Bert five nights per week from 1-3:00 AM in the morning as an alternative to taking pills for sleeping. She continued playing Q*Bert competitively well into 2006.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:24:33 -0800

. Nice post, Otis.

By: pax digita

pax digita — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:26:48 -0800

Okay, I know you didn't mean this Billy Mitchell, but the very idea of him retiring after the court-martial and consoling himself with video games is amusing.

By: sgt.serenity

sgt.serenity — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:36:01 -0800

look on my works ye mighty...........

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:39:50 -0800

@#*!

By: effwerd

effwerd — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:03:43 -0800

This makes me sad for both her death and that it reminds me of all the games I obsessed over as a kid, Q*bert, Dig Dug, Zaxxon, Sinistar, Robotron, ugh. My nerves get jittery just thinking about them. .

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:07:54 -0800

Q*bert was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me.

By: veggieboy

veggieboy — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:09:15 -0800

Awesome. Wouldn't it be great if we could all say this in the end?: ". . . this is my life and I feel like I've packed four lifetimes into my years and don't plan to stop now."

By: papercake

papercake — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:09:27 -0800

@!#?@!

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:12:19 -0800

At her request, she will be cremated and her ashes will be taken out on a casino boat and dropped into the ocean. I like this lady. Great story, sorry to see her go.

By: veggieboy

veggieboy — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:16:25 -0800

My first reaction to this was pure and beautiful. Now, sadly, I have moved on to Q*bert cartoon flashbacks. [youtube; Q*bert part is about 35 seconds in]

By: NationalKato

NationalKato — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:32:19 -0800

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f27/NationalKato/q-bert.jpg

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:50:10 -0800

**!!*@## She sounds like an amazing woman. Too bad it takes obituary posts to discover people like this.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:52:57 -0800

By all accounts an amazing human being. @!#?@!, indeed.

By: elr

elr — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:52:35 -0800

The Billy Mitchell link is adorable! Put such a smile on my face. Get this man some Visine, stat!

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:49:02 -0800

I know you didn't mean this Billy Mitchell, but the very idea of him retiring after the court-martial and consoling himself with video games is amusing. I don't have the equipment to run it, but I've been told the graphics in Warbirds 1926 are atrocious.

By: revgeorge

revgeorge — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:04:05 -0800

. Thanks for this, Otis. The video on the last link was great.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:36:28 -0800

. (And good find Otis!)

By: tehloki

tehloki — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:41:04 -0800

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By: tehloki

tehloki — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:30:55 -0800

Damnit, I forgot the actual '.' at the top. So, .

By: applemeat

applemeat — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:19:06 -0800

Sounds like a cool lady. R.I.P. Doris