The limits of my language are the limits of my world.Ludwig Wittgenstein
Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.William Gibson
One language sets you in the corridor of life; two languages open every door on the way.Frank Smith
High thoughts must have high language.Aristophane
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head; if you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heartNelson Mandela
I remember getting the Platinum one back in May, I already knew the path to the Black one would be steep. Or, well, extremely long.
We are not short on portals in my whereabouts, but we sure are out on L8 portals: 15-point worth portals are not that common, I can mostly rely on 8-point L6/L7 portals with multi-hacks on.
But that's OK: committing consistently (once or twice a day) to burn out all those L6/L7 ones and driving to the nearest L8 farm from time to time would work out pretty well.
That is dedicating late nights and some afternoons to hardcore glyphing up to the point to wake up one morning with my finger drawing CLEAR-MIND-OPEN-MIND in the air.
That was a clear sign that I was “maybe” taking it "a little" too seriously :D but it also indicated that I was on the final rush.
Last days were hectic, persistent heavy rain and wind made it veeery difficult to burn out farms in pedestrian zones by both holding the umbrella and properly completing glyph sequences: it felt as if the Elements were telling me "We will do so that you DO DESERVE that damn medal!".
Bring it on, it's a good aerobic exercise.
And, at last, here I am, as excited as ever. Achievements are always a good way to tell ourselves: "Way to go, do not stop".
I'm also attaching the screenshot of very first sequence I got on the day the Translator medal was introduced, the beginning of a long path; I remember I was here, it was Green and L7, owned by +David Jones and powered up by +Alex Banti aka @InsaneX and me.
Therefore I'd like to thank them and local communities of Livorno and Pisa for providing a good number of high-level portals to glyph-hack.
And, by the way, I used neither Glyphon nor any other similar "tool"; I'm a purist and I personally despise these tricks as I believe they make the final achievement less worthy.
"Way to go, do not stop": Black Illuminator and Level 15 await.
And, heck, maybe a Double Black Translator. :D
The adventure continues!
I'm enthused and enthralled as ever at this "game", thanks Ingress!
@MarcoCarrai1981 yeah! nice job!
— Ingress (@ingress) 29 Ottobre 2015
