# We have a new moderator in MPSIMS - Hal Briston **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 8, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329 "2013-09-08T15:23:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/1 "2013-09-08T15:23:14Z")
Please welcome Hal Briston to the moderator ranks. He’ll be working with us in MPSIMS. (Once again, the former new guy gets a break.) We thank all our new moderators – and all our old ones too, for that matter – we appreciate their service. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/2 "2013-09-08T15:36:12Z")
Will references to all things sheep be a bannable offense? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/3 "2013-09-08T15:39:13Z")
I, for one, welcome our new [del]sheep[/del] overlords. (yeah, you didn’t really think this thread would have any other kind of post, did you, **Hal**?) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/4 "2013-09-08T15:40:28Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Will references to all things sheep be a bannable offense? 😃 You couldn’t have stolen my line any more than if you broke into my home and yanked it out my skull. \ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/5 "2013-09-08T15:42:55Z")
[del]Jonathan Chance[/del] [del]engineer\_comp\_geek[/del] Hal Briston is the worst Mod ever! In before the rush. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/6 "2013-09-08T15:49:50Z")
Welcome, **Hal Briston**. We’ll let you keep an eye on those troublemakers in the MMP. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/7 "2013-09-08T16:10:17Z")
Like martians, we come in threes. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/8 "2013-09-08T16:20:05Z")
Ok. Admit it. You guys just did that to screw with me, [right](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16645506&postcount=20)? Congrats, **Hal Briston**. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/9 "2013-09-08T16:34:04Z")
First Mod that I’ve met in person. Seemed nice. But he is a Jersey guy. Screw with him and you sleep with the fishes. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/10 "2013-09-08T16:37:32Z")
I have a ba-www-d feeling about this. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/11 "2013-09-08T16:47:01Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Ok. Admit it. You guys just did that to screw with me, [right](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16645506&postcount=20)? > Congrats, **Hal Briston**. Maybe _three_ is the new _two._ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/12 "2013-09-08T17:00:21Z")
"I was a Doper for years. Do they call me \*\*Hal Briston \*\*the Doper? Then I became a mod. Do they call me **Hal Briston** the mod? But you fuck one sheep…" Welcome. No, you will never live it down. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/13 "2013-09-08T17:57:14Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Maybe _three_ is the new _two._ 🙂 Nicely done. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/14 "2013-09-08T20:01:53Z")
Come in threes? Is Shodan going to Mod the Pit, then? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/15 "2013-09-08T20:12:16Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Come in threes? > > Is Shodan going to Mod the Pit, then? Hal is the third new mod. (Jonathan Chance and Engineer\_Comp\_Geek being the other two) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/16 "2013-09-08T20:28:04Z")
Ah, missed Engineer\_Comp\_Geek. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/17 "2013-09-08T21:05:44Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Ah, missed Engineer\_Comp\_Geek. Sorry. Three’s a crowd, you know. And it’s hard to pick out one person in a crowd.😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/18 "2013-09-08T21:20:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Come in threes? > > Is Shodan going to Mod the Pit, then? I’d pay money to see that! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/19 "2013-09-08T21:34:01Z")
All hail our new triumvirate,\*\* Hal Chance, the Geek\*\*! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329/20 "2013-09-08T22:44:37Z")
Hey - congrats and thank you! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-new-moderator-in-mpsims-hal-briston/668329.md?page=2)