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'''Tyler Sontag''' is a famous Chipster who has made various major contributions to the CC community. Beginning in 2004, he began constructing a levelset known as [[TCCLP]]. Tyler's first known appearance or interaction with the Chip's Challenge community began in 2006 when he appeared on the [http://chips.kaseorg.com newsgroup], after creating a Chip's Challenge website. Later in 2006 he created http://www.geochip.webs.com, which housed various files relating to Chip's Challenge, but it is now defunct.

Tyler was on the [[CCLP1]] staff and [[CCLP4]] staff.

Tyler has released several more sets since TCCLP. He began TCCLP2 in early 2009, but ditched it in late 2009 due to constraints from being hosted on [[pieguy]]'s site. TCCLPRejects began around the same time. The early levels were levels that he felt were too poor to be placed in TCCLP or TCCLP2, but the set soon became a place for Tyler to experiment with various glitches and unorthodox concepts, similar to [[EvanD1]]. It is now the only CC1 set he provides updates to, and is quite sizable at 179 levels. TCCLPpgchip started in late 2008, which was a short set meant to be played with the [[ice block]] path.

Tyler quickly released a small level set after [[CC2]] was released in May 2015 named TSAlpha. He built it slowly over the next three years before finalizing it in mid-2018 with 40 levels. The set is notable for its use of unsupported tiles that he co-discovered with [[random 8]] such as the zero [[directional block]], blank [[no sign]]s, and [[voodoo tile]]s. To complement TSAlpha's release, Tyler released TSNull, a smaller set containing reject and experimental levels.

Tyler's design style in his TCCLP days were eclectic, but he eventually found a distinct style in the late stages of TS1 and TS0. All the levels in his TSx series are Lynx-compatible, and tries to conform to pedantic Lynx rules as often as possible. The TSx levels are usually medium to hard difficulty, and often contain a large number of [[recessed wall]]s and [[Partial posting|partial posts]]. He has become infamous for including adapted [[Sokoban level|Sokoban sections]] in his levels, usually involving three blocks. His TCCLPRejects levels exploit many glitches, such as [[data resetting]], the [[Multiple Tank Glitch|multiple tank glitch]], and various other oddities. In his CC2 sets, he frequently uses [[bowling ball]]s, [[logic gate]]s, and [[railroad track]], the last of which he considers the most verstaile addition to CC2.

In MS, Tyler is ranked 33rd in CC1 with a score of 5,975,260, 6th in CCLP1 with a score of 6,002,460, 21st in CCLP2 with a score of 6,038,110, 10th in CCLP3 with a score of 6,052,470, and 5th in CCLP4 with a score of 6,083,040. His first bold confirm was in CCLP3 on [[Marooned]], often considered the easiest bold to achieve in CCLP3. However, after the release of CCLP1, he became more serious about optimization and achieved a modest number of new records and confirms, placing him near the top of the CCLP1 scoreboard. He performed similarly with CCLP4.

== April Fools' Day pranks ==

Tyler has pulled a Chip's Challenge-related April Fools' Day prank every year from 2010 to 2014.

* In [[April Fools' Day 2010|2010]], he created a fake AVI that showed a score of 716 on [[Cake Walk]], which, at the time, was four seconds better than the current bold and one second below the [[Melinda time]]. Normally, this route involves an incredible amount of luck.

* In 2011, he created a fake video which showed that [[data resetting]] is possible with column 32.

* In 2012, he, along with the rest of the CCLP1 staff, released a level set they claimed to be CCLP1, later retitled ''Not_CCLP1'', which was a joke set consisting of 149 levels created solely by the staff themselves, rather than levels from all submitted sets.

* In 2013, he claimed to have ported [[JBLP1]] to a Lynx ROM format through elaborate hex editor usage (though, this actually is possible using [[c4]]).