Hardcore gaming legend - Doris Self dies at 81 |
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Arcade gaming legend Doris Self, the worldÂ’s oldest video game competitor/junkie/advocate, has passed on due to injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Plantation, Florida on October 3, 2006 .Not familiar with who MaÂ’am Self is? Well, according to the Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records, Doris was the oldest person to actively pursue video game world records, competing against gamers one-quarter her age. In fact she still remained as Twin GalaxiesÂ’ record holder for oldest champion until 2003, when John Lawton of Weirs Beach, NH, age 72, broke the world record on the classic Depth Charge.
So before you get all snooty and go "pfft who cares," much the same way some people have brushed aside this other gaming senior's achievements, take note that Doris' records were relevant since the early 80s until 2003. Can you say the same about your Gamerscore?
She first gained fame in 1983 when she achieved a world record score of 1,112,300 points on the classic arcade game Q*Bert during Twin Galaxies' 1983 Video Game Masters Tournament, an event that was conducted for the Guinness Book of World Records.
In an interview at Boston.com News around early June last year, Doris said that during her time in the arcades back in the early 80’s, the gamers there welcomed her. She even says that it “got to the point where they'd trick kids to play against me."
Ah, the magic of the old arcade.
To Doris, gaming was therapy. Ann Ennis, Doris' sister, says that Doris would play Q*Bert five nights a week. The gaming would regularly happen around 1-3 a.m. as an alternative to taking pills for sleeping. Ann says that on the last night of DorisÂ’ life, it was no different. Ann Ennis heard Doris playing for hours, practicing into the night. A gamer until the end.
We wish you well Doris, may you find peace in the big penny-arcade up in the sky.
Via Twin Galaxies
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You idiot, show some respect.
Peace be with you Doris.
I salute you Doris. Thanks for being an icon and an inspiration to all gamers everywhere.
R.I.P. And firsst poster show some *****in respect u ***** face selfish bastard spoilt little brat.
Oh darn! I am sad for her. I love you, Doris. You are a hardcore gamer! Rest in peace, sweetie! :)
I'll bet you a thousand dollars that her tomestone says "@!#?@!"
Also although she is a truely legendary gamer, we mustn't forget how funny it truely is, to make fun of dead people.
That's actually a pretty cool legacy. RIP
R.I.P, Doris. Thank you for being an inspiration to our generation.
farewell woman wonder of gaming.
She'll be missed. Thanks, Ian, for writing this article. She was (and is) an icon.
what is the big deal about being the first to post on any entry?
To gloat about it just makes you a dork, especially when you have nothing else to say. But considering the content it makes you a schmuck!
it's a celebration of someone's life, I understand, I just hope everyone can think happy thoughts, or jokes, when I die.
rip, i will download q-bert on my psp emu and play in your memory.
a gaming legend has died. R I P