Shard Chats = cheating

Cheating no, collusion yes. There isn't a thing the devs will do about it because I suspect it is making the game money on crystal packs. Basically top players in shards have formed gangs and like it or not some of those gangs aren't accepting new members because it will dilute their payout. If you're stuck in one of those shards, you're out of luck. That is where the frustration is. My gang isn't letting anyone else in causing me to miss out on hundreds of crystals daily even though I can and have beat every team in the top 20. Justify the behavior all you want but fact is shards like mine have taken competition out of the equation.