I'm really liking it, but the only thing I'm still hung up on is the realism of mars. After getting some feedback, it's hard for people to know that it's Mars unless I tell them. Maybe doing something along the lines of #313 is nice...take out the glares...I'm open to ideas/suggestions (#318 is my favorite Mars look of all).
Let's also take out the gradient...make the text black or something and see if we can get the whole thing to have a small "wrap-around" look around the planet to give it some dimension. Maybe just the first and last letters slightly wrapping around the planet so that everything is still very readable.
You're tied for first essentially, I just need to get these finalized before the tournament ends...thanks for being expedient in your response.