I'm quite sure that I'm not the only one who saw the true beauty of L.U.R.K., the amazing atmosphere, or the spectacular effects. No mod has ever brought me the same feeling as L.U.R.K. did. The action was so intense, so perfected. There were times when I lost myself in the Immersion so terribly; I thought I was really the main character. The legendary Strelok himself, struggling for survival in an obliterated world.  The amount of effort put into it was, well it was downright outstanding.
When I heard the team had stopped working on the project, well I didn't know what to think. Something had to be done about it, but what. The team that brought the crisp sense of reality was gone, so who would continue the mod. Who would continue to bring this the legendary experience that it contained. I waited and waited, but the team didn’t come back, and nobody new took their place. I knew what I had to do.
Being brutally honest here, I can say that 1.1 was definitely not what I had expected. It wasn’t a disappointment, or a step back, but nevertheless unexpected. It still had elements of the original 1.0522, which I fell in love with, but sadly it wasn’t 1.0522. There were things in places they weren’t needed, and core elements were missing. Many other objects that gave this mod its name were gone. Now don’t get me wrong, there were still elements of the mod that worked and were somewhat entertaining, but when negative became dominant, positive slowly slipped away, never to be noticed.
That’s what I am here for, to bring back the positive to this mod. To make it enjoyable so you can get the experience the mod was intended to give you.  I’m kind of like the teams janitor, if you will.  My main objective is to clean, clean the mod of bugs and mess that hard, concentrated work inevitably leaves behind.
Now, I guess you could say I’m “taking the reins of the project”. That doesn’t mean I’m taking over. My main objective at this moment is to make 1.1 a playable project again, to fix what was intended and to remove what wasn’t. Future projects with L.U.R.K. are uncertain at this point.

That’s all I can say for now, just don’t give up hope for this beautifully crafted piece of art, and know that somewhere, someone is trying to fix it.

- Blackie