Unless I am mistaken--->
If you are registered on vip.asus.com you have VIP status on ROG.asus.com that Marshall speaks of:
(only exception) brand New Members:
Are verified after being registered for 5 days and post a minimum of 5 posts. (For Spam Control)
At that time New Members are granted full member priviledges...beyond that are the Moderators... ect.
vip.asus.com is the official support forum... registration.. Asus mail...RMA contact..ect.
rog.asus.com is ROG member based community forum for gaming,overclocking,modding,tweaking and
member to member help... supported by Asus with TeamROG, @Asus and Mods.
When the forum migrated from north america to the Global site the existing members, such as myself
logged onto vip.asus.com and updated the password which then could be used to log onto ROG.asus.com
Danger.... ROG IS the upgrade from VIP - in my opinion - so you see you are already VI-ROGr.
Not to speak for Marshall...but I believe here.. VIP status... means.. also registered on vip.asus.com
[[if a member is vip registered..with a product, mb,gpu,laptop..verified user---Spam Control/Security]]
then the vip status becomes ROG.forum with instant access to VIP.support--sort of speak.c.