HAHAHAHAHAAHEHahah... Umm, buddy, brightstars paper is in laymens terms!!! The level of chemistry/terms used in that synth are very few and far betwen. You should know each term and have a good idea of what is going on in the reactions of that synth to be doing any synthesis.... And from what I remember of that writeup he explained everyhing!!
Yea, wasn't it something like "mdma sythesis for the first time chemist"!!!
There are of course, a few other simpler methods, but I'll trust you can can find them under "MDMA" on the archives page!!