Announcements are a method of sending messages to all of the users. Anything posted in the Announcements area will be displayed in the Portal. I only just recently figured out how to set it so that anyone else besides the admin can use it. I have no idea what practical use this could be used for, but then, I don't think anyone is REALLY stressing practicality here.

Announcement!: YOU ALL SUCK! you may go back to your boring day now, thank you.

What? Why was that necessary? Did we all do something to deserve a seemingly random act of distaste?

You've been acting weird lately cal. What's up with you?

nothing, just being random, whats going on anyways man? you haven't been able to hang out with us at sky's we need to build some more fricken huge walls!
and play warlords 3, its awesome, youll love it. Age of empires meets role playing.

Nobody invited me over, and it's rude to invite myself. I thought i'd be imposing.

But hey, im up for that stuff any time. Maybe wait a few days to see If im all better (I was sick). I know you guys have school, so maybe the weekend some time.

Im free today and tomorrow if you guys wanna get together.

I'm free today and tommorow, but I have to get to sleep by eight monday. which puts a bit of a crimp in the normal approuch. (Don't. Ask. Stupid. Questions.)

Well, it's 2 now. I can get together any time today or tomorrow. You wanna call or something, so we can figure out when?

how about tuesday during the day? sound good anyone?

Yeah, that's fine with me. Skyler, how about you?

sky say's maybe depending on classes, possibly around 3ish.

Cool. Im good for 3, i think.

im pretty sure I can make it, cause I dont know when im going to see a movie with my fam, or hang with jobe since he's leaving for college soon.... so i hope to be there tuesday. and you shall learn warlords 3 battlecry John!

Cool. I watched sky for a few minutes when i went over last time, it looks cool.

Does he have it on more then 1 comp?

got it on three comps.

Battle cry is awesome. think of the main characters from oblivion, but with an AoE style army behind them.

Im not sure i CAN imagine that. Sounds sweet though.

I'ts amazing. and despite what calvin says, Murtagh would kick Sir Belintine's armored behind.

(Murtagh is my highest leveled hero, Benintine is Calv's. I LOVE magickians.)

What, you mean your characters in Warlords?

You have ahero. one unit, that, at the begining, is worth about five other units. Then they level up.

I think last night Sir Belantine proved his worth, by accidentally (honestly) slaying sky's hero. my hero only had to hit twice, and normally a hero battle can go between 1 and 30 hits....

How does one 'Accidentally' kill one's allies?

Well, forgeting to res someone might constitute murder....

we were playing VS. when it happened. for reasons of...

Hey jek, should we let john in on the whole mind leech thing?

Well, you could tell me now, or wait till oi come over. I dont really mind.

I also happen to have access to wikipedia, so both options might be moot.

does wikipedia usually have cheats?

No, but i have the names of about a dozen cheat sites.

mind leech lets any melee unit inside the casters radius gain the ability to steal experience from some other unit, therefore you can get a mob and just surround a hero and drain a super elite unit from their side, to fill up one of your units to full uber unit. if you also have healing magic yuo can then have your units attack him with mind leech and they get xp, then you can just rez him. a devious plan I thought up and sky and I tested. all thanks to my Shadow.
ps John, think of Gauntlets as copies of your elite teutonic knights, but fast.

Awesome strategy. Cant wait to play.

Not that fast. They are very buff, but wear over 150 pounds of armor.

notice he does not deny the teutonic resemblance, they are like arnold swartz but with swords instead of guns, so if you win, enjoy it immensly, by the way if you do, ill be stunned and we shall have to get together so i can teach spells and you can show me how to fight like that.

Sure, no problem.