1) I would be in for a Sharky BL event.

2) There's a Ventrilo app for android (probably more than one, probably iPhone, too) which I was going to try during minecraft but no one else ever showed up on Kama's server. Might be easier than finding a good mic, if you already have the phone (assuming the app is actually any good).

3) The BL chat really is as bad as Wurm says. Stuff fades off the screen after about 0.3 seconds, and there is no way (AFAIK) to see a history. Not only do you miss what someone says, you miss that they said anything at all.