Once again, the preference was clear (and private voting probably was helpful this time, because not seeing a guy with that username vote for the winner would have been a dead giveaway):



Vote Totals

• 6 Every Celt Must Meet Individual Raid Guidelines - celtic_elk
  
• 2 Especially Concerning Most Men, I Ride Gently - leiandra
  
• 1 Evaluating Competing Maiar? May I Recommend Gandalf? - featherynscale
  
• 1 Exercise Caution! Meth-addled Militants Importing Russian Guns - kittenpants
  
• 1 Ex-Cutaneous Mammary Mass Integration Receptacle, Gray - saffronhare
  
• 0 Everyone Can Mate Monday In Room Groan. - matchgirl42
  
• 0 Enjoy Caring, Mar Madness: Increase Real Genius - lilia_blackbear
  
• 0 Emergency Communication Message Means Imminent Regressive Growth - celticwhistlin
  
• 0 Einstein Could Maybe Memorize In Real Genius - capriciouslass
  
• 0 Economic Catastrophe! Multiple Masculine Individuals Reject Golf - triadruid
  
• 0 Ecological Community: Mandatory Mammal Immigration and Relocation Group - orcjohn

Nobody bought my answer this time, which is just as well - it was actually my second answer, because I very quickly discovered that LJ does *not* screen replies by the journal owner!

I'm starting to see that theme rounds might be popular here, so Round 4 will involve some of that... any suggestions?

Point Totals after Round 2

• featherynscale - 10
  
• celtic_elk - 10
  
• leiandra - 5
  
• lilia_blackbear - 4
  
• love2rachel - 2
  
• triadruid - 2
  
• zylch - 2
  
• saffronhare - 2
  
• kittenpants - 2
  
• malvito - 1
  
• lexpendragon - 1
  
• 8elements - 1
  
• capriciouslass - 1
  
• fionnabhar - 0
  
• greektoomey - 0
  
• matchgirl42 - 0
  
• kenllama - 0
  
• oreibasia - 0

Round 3 will be just three letters, early next week! Do people prefer morning or evening starts (US time), or don't care?