However, this one is devoted specifically to sf and fantasy fandom, and many of the people who hang around there are Plokta readers and other cool sorts. I mean, we do have lives. Just not at 10pm on a Wednesday evening. And I discovered the great advantage of virtual alcohol when I passed round a virtual bottle of 1968 Laphroaig whilst keeping the real bottle close to hand. Our conversations seem to cover roughly the same things that conversations at cons do.
Various rooms exist for having conversations in.
If you drop into the Plokta theme pub, the Moose and Merkin, you will instantly spot the moose head on the wall, but it may take you slightly longer to make the acquaintance of the merkin. In a bat-infested attic, Dr. Plokta has constructed a working set of Orbital Mind Control Lasers. Use them carefully. The Ansible Mothership is littered with an enormous number of Hugos. Of course, if you think such wallpaper is frivolous and unnecessary, it's easy to ignore, but most of us seem to quite like it.