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'''Andrew Bennett''', known on this Wiki as [[User:Octavarium64|Octavarium64]], is one of the top [[Chip's Challenge]] players and was community's most active leader in record-keeping and preservation. He is currently at fifth place (5,977,510) behind [[J.B. Lewis]],[[David Stolp]],[[James Anderson]], and [[Jeffrey Bardon]] in [[Chip's Challenge 1]]. In [[Chip's Challenge Level Pack 2]], his score is currently fourth place at 6,050,660.

== Wiki contributions ==

Andrew created many of the pages on this Wiki, has been named one of the second-generation administrators, and has written a similar guide using only text, maps, some of the [[AVI]]s and [[directional notation]] at [http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Chip%27s_Challenge Strategywiki.com].

== Optimizing ==

While Andrew arrived on the CC scene in 2001, by which time the CC1 records were mostly taken, he has spent two and a half years as the record holder on [[Doublemaze]]. As CCLP2 was released noticably later, he currently holds seven CCLP2 records including two [[joint bold]]s, has previously held records to six others, and has also confirmed many other well-known records in both sets. Andrew's most famous achievement in CC1 may be the confirmation, and near-breaking, of [[Blobnet]]'s bold of 434; this 435.0 route was famously bungled at the last second to drop him away from what was then outright first place. (This time would take 189 more days for someone to actually reach.)

== Level design ==

Andrew has created one levelset, [http://davidstolp.com/oldy/chips/overall.php?set=andrewb1%20new here], which is often regarded as one of the most difficult sets ever made. It contains the level that gives him his Wiki username. The actual [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH_9lJxeiXg song named ''Octavarium''] is provided for entertainment and to better understand the level itself.

== Community contributions ==

Andrew is also famed for innovative concepts related to playing and solving Chip's Challenge and integrating outside elements for the purpose of the common good. [[Ghosting]] was developed in response to lengthy [[itemswapper]]s in [[CCLP3]] including [[Which One Next?]] and [[Tool Box]]: the process uses [[CCDesign]] to make unsaved changes to a level in the order one desires to follow while actually playing the level, and once the route is optimized to undo and redo infinitely within CCDesign, thus promptly accessing any point in the route.

== Famous events ==

Andrew was at the center of the controversy that resulted when [[Lead Us Not into Temptation]] was [[busted]], and events following this and similar events preceding this, such as the bust of [[Dangers of Fire and Beasts]]. The incident is also famous for inspiring the first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film)#Parodies ''Downfall'' parody] related to Chip's Challenge, which displayed Hitler's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P83wRTrqnmU angry reaction to the news of this bust.]

== Interests ==

* As can be noted on his userpage, Andrew has many quirks and interests; he is devoted to many types of technical interactive computer games, logic puzzles, and other types of puzzles, and continues to sharpen these skills. As of 22nd April 2012, Andrew has clocked over 9000 hours on [[Chip's Challenge]].

* Andrew is a 2nd degree black belt student/instructor in [http://www.kuksoolwon.com/site/home Kuk Sool Won.]