private void checkForAnnouncement() {
      try {
        int clientAnnouncement = Integer.parseInt(announcementId);
        int latestAnnouncement = Integer.parseInt(announcementCode);

        if (clientAnnouncement < latestAnnouncement || latestAnnouncement == -1) {
          hasAnnouncement = true;

          if (latestAnnouncement != -1) {
            NavalBattleIO.saveAttribute("announcementId", announcementCode);
          }
        } else {
          NavalBattle.getDebugWindow().printInfo("No new announcements!");
        }
      } catch (Exception e) {
      }
    }
  public BroadcastService() {
    announcementId = NavalBattleIO.getAttribute("announcementId");
    broadcastThread = new BroadcastThread();

    broadcastThread.run();
  }