Is there a forum for online battles?

[Monyet]

I've had my first two online battles these past two nights (one clear loss followed by one clear victory). It's so much more exciting and unpredictable to fight a human than the computer. I wish I'd done it sooner.
Anyhow, there's quite a few things I couldn't work out how to do, such as in-game chat, how to host a battle, the meanings of the battle descriptions.
Where can I go to find forums and guides for this?
Thanks in advance for any help.
BTW, I'm fighting under the nom-de-guerre 'MonyetWretch' - Gamespyid assigned it to me. If you spot me in the lobby I'm up for any fair fight.

[VersionLangley]

U can access multiplayer forum for m2tw from the m2tw general discussion section--->multiplayer (on top)
here's a good guide for multi http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ighlight=guide

in-game chat is "t" by default

and finally..welcome to medieval 2 online hell

If u have more questions, simply ask the kind people that wander the contagious medieval lobby