In the game of Starcraft, there is a concept of Gold Minerals in which there is only one in each game. The gold minerals themselves are generally in the middle of the map and are away from your more comfortable “blue” minerals.
You have to work to get to them, and when you get to them, you need to defend them. It’s not an easy position to hold, and generally, there is much back and forth with your opponents as you win it, lose it, win it again.
The pull of Gold Minerals is that you can yield twice as many resources from the normal minerals, making them extremely valuable in a game centered around resource management.
It doesn’t mean you’ll win, but it will help.
The question is whether you’ll go for it, whether the juice is worth the squeeze to get there, whether you’re going to work for it.
Are you willing to chase your gold base?
