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{{Infobox person
| Image = Christopher Mair.jpg
| Name = Christopher Mair
| Nationality = {{flag|canada|Canadian}}
| Title = [[Level designers|Level designer]]
| Alias01 = Cancerboy
}}{{quote|When [[Train|de_train]] has been around as long as [[Siege|cs_siege]] has been around then I will know it was a very successful map|Christopher Mair in early 2000<ref name="csdk">[https://web.archive.org/web/20001023062913/http://www.counter-strike.dk/interviews/chrismair.asp Counter-strike.dk - Interviews - Chris Mair]. Archived from the original on 2000-10-23.</ref>}}'''Christopher Mair''', or more commonly simply ''Chris'', is a level designer for ''[[Counter-Strike]]''. He got involved when [[Barking Dog Studios]] was given the task to develop {{CSBETAPatch|December 30, 1999|''Counter-Strike'' Beta 5.0}} and he ended up designing [[Train]].

==Biography==
When Chris was only around 8 years old he used to draw detailed versions of video game worlds on graph paper.<ref name="csswe">[https://web.archive.org/web/20011222092256/http://cs-sweden.gamereactor.net/misc/intervjuer/chris.htm CS-Sweden - Intervju med Chris Mair]. Archived from the original on 2001-12-22.</ref> Eventually he moved on to actual level design when he discovered ''[[wikipedia:Wolfenstein 3D|Wolfenstein 3D]]'' and its editor MapEdit.<ref name="csdk" /> He would then move on to designing levels for ''[[wikipedia:Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]''.<ref name="csdk" />

In 1995 Chris got his first job in the industry at [[wikipedia:Radical Entertainment|Radical Entertainment]].<ref name="burnabynow">[http://www.burnabynow.com/business/love-of-arcade-games-sparks-venture-1.412490 Burnaby Now - Love of arcade games sparks venture]</ref> There he would work professionally in level design on titles including ''Grid Runner''.<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,34167/ MobyGames - Christopher Mair Video Game Credits and Biography]</ref> On the side, he also designed levels for ''[[wikipedia:Duke Nukem 3D|Duke Nukem 3D]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Quake (video game)|Quake]]'', which is how he got introduced to Worldcraft.<ref name="csdk" /> Chris eventually left Radical to start [[Barking Dog Studios]].<ref name="burnabynow" />

Barking Dog Studios got involved with ''[[Counter-Strike]]'' when [[Valve Corporation|Valve Software]] asked if they were interested in helping out [[Minh Le]] in developing {{CSBETAPatch|December 30, 1999|Beta 5.0}} and they were eager to help out.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20001031033145/http://www.counter-strike.de/scene/chris.html Counter-Strike.de - Interview mit dem Author von de_train]. Archived from the original on 2000-10-31.</ref> Chris ended up designing the map [[Train]] at this time and the map was such a success that it would be included in all future releases of the original ''Counter-Strike'' and has also been remade for sequels. As Barking Dog was paid by Valve Software for their work on Beta 5.0, Valve already owned the rights to the map when ''Counter-Strike'' was released at retail.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010405220413/http://www.commando.nu/intervjuer.html Team Fortress 2 Sweden - Intervju av WereWolf med Chris Mair]</ref> Chris was excited that more people would get to play his map as a result of the retail release, but was disappointed that Barking Dog was only credited as special thanks.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010522055721/http://www.counter-strike.ch/index.php?id=community/interviews/chrismaireng <nowiki>[</nowiki> Counter-Strike.ch - Interview with Chris Mair (Original, in English) <nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Archived from the original on 2001-05-22.</ref>

After Barking Dog Studios eventually became Rockstar Vancouver, Mair left the studio and formed Hellbent Games in 2006.<ref name="burnabynow" /> This studio focuses on developing both mobile and console games.<ref>[http://hellbentgames.com/ Hellbent Games]</ref>

==List of maps==
===Official maps===
{| class="article-table sortable" width="100%"
! width="15%" | Map name
! width="10%" | Game(s)
! width="25%" | Responsibilities
! width="10%" | Year
|-
!''[[Train]]''
|{{CS}}
|Level designer
|1999
|-
|}

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