r/HolUp Sep 14 '22

peak ingenuity

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u/SB6P897 Sep 15 '22

Can you imagine some fucked up government or wealthy billionaire using this to persuade the natives to flee their homeland and join urban civilization so that they could turn their jungle into precious real estate?

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u/DeMonstaMan Sep 15 '22 edited Sep 15 '22

Using this idea to write a book and become the next Steven King

Esit: Just realized RDR2 has a side mission with the exact same plot

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u/RossOfFriends Sep 15 '22

I don’t even know who the first Steven King is

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u/spiritjex173 Sep 15 '22

Maybe it's Stephen King's long lost cousin.

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u/RossOfFriends Sep 15 '22

see now THAT guy has some cred.

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u/DeceiverOfNations Sep 15 '22

Nah I think it's an Steve/Stephan Urkle situation.

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u/HilariousScreenname Sep 15 '22

I think you mean Stefan Urquelle

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u/DeceiverOfNations Sep 15 '22

My mistake, you're totally right.

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u/slabby Sep 15 '22

He's gotten a lot more famous since he bought that Czech beer company, so more people get the name right.

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u/slabby Sep 15 '22

It's his pseudonym for when he wants to write in other genres

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u/Chillchinchila1 Sep 15 '22

Kephen Sting