Everything in life is relative to what you know !!
Now for me, members of Shaolin are part of the Elite. The ones who will be Eon'd up shooting other at the LG's. In my mind, I'll always be noob, as that will always mean I still have goals to complete, ambitions to fullfil.
If the requirements were anything less than stated in this thread, my whole outlook and aspect of Shaolin would be tarnished. For me, in my mind, Shaolin will always be out of reach. If i get 150K total skills, they'll want 200 etc, and that how I like and want it to be. Whilst I'm joe avaerage, I'll always want to better myself and improve. If I ever think of myself as part of the elite, what challenge have I got. I appreciate that if everyone had this mentality, there'd be no Elite, but maybe it's because I'm slightly pesimistic
Remember, Optimists can only be disappointed, whereas Pesimists can only be surprised !!