About
“We Require More Minerals” is a memorable quote from the video game Starcraft that inspired various image macros and parodies.
Origin
The quote comes from a character in Starcraft called the “Zerg Advisor”. It is triggered in-game by trying to construct something when you have a lack of the material known as minerals.
Spread
Online, one of the earliest references to the catchphrase can be found on a image macro featuring Isopods and a bag of doritos, uploaded for first time to the media sharing page Memerial in August 2010.[2] The catchphrase remained dormant until April 2012, when the webcomic The Oatmeal uploaded a strip making reference to the quote, by comparing North Korea and South Korea.[1] World of Warcraft features a small quest that features this quote as the title of it. [5]
On October 13, 2012, youtuber j3googs uploaded a video titled “We require more minerals!”, featuring a person imitating the quote.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]The Oatmeal – The primary difference between North and South Korea
[2]Memerial – We require more minerals
[3]YTMND– wiirequiremoreminerals
[4]Archive.moe – We Require More Minerals search result
[5]Wowhead – We Require More Minerals!