Advanced Member:
Once you have reached 500 posts and have stayed here for at least one month, your status automatically changes to advanced member.
Benefits:
* Storable PM messages from 300 to 500.
* Minimum time to use search function from 20 seconds to 10 seconds.
* Able to change display name a total of three times per month (any other special status will earn you three times per month as well such as GFX Team, Programming Team, etc).
* Future activites exclusive to Advanced Members and higher will be planned in the near future.
but I still have the 20 second wait. I don't know if their is anything else that I would have noticed. I was actually planing on PMing a member of staff complaining about how much the filter stinks since it always stops me for flood control.
I don't know if I am classified as elite or not. I do meet the requirements stated, but their may be more. It also may have not changed since my primary group is GFX I guess.