[4] He is best known for his critically acclaimed work on the Call of Duty series at Infinity Ward, creating the iconic "Crew Expendable" and "All Ghillied Up" missions from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) as well as the controversial "No Russian" mission from Modern Warfare 2 (2009).
[1] Alavi attended Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies in Richmond, Virginia.
[5] During his college years, Alavi started to create mods for Duke Nukem 3D, Quake, Half-Life and Counter-Strike.
[4] The first level of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, "Crew Expendable", which is set on a ship on a stormy sea is also his work.
[14] He served as the senior map designer for the studio,[15] and shot some motion capture footage as an actor.
[16] According to PC Gamer, its difficult to know the details of Alavi's design and scripting in the game, however his influence is apparent in "how Titanfall's on-map AI allies support the player".
[17] He also bore much responsibility for the game involving a narrative component at all, pushing for longer and different introductions to each campaign map.
In order to convince that the feature can be achieved within budget, he designed an introduction for "Airbase" map in three days.