Shard Chats = cheating

It is a pain not being aloud into your shard chat. I reached out to the guys in mine and they wont let me in. I've got a game launch shard as well so its all guys who have been around since the beginning and they are still jerks. Also I hit payout between 15 and 30 everyday depending on real life ability to push so its not like I'm low placing.... I'm lucky enough to share payout with only 1 other guy so I can push with little opposition in that last hour but I feel for the people who aren't that lucky...