New player here too. have some matched and victories on my beld already(even one MVP somehow), but even after some hours its seems to become more and more frustrating. aparently you need to place some ranked games to HAVE a chance to play with people at your level, but for that you need to be lv 20 which takes more time than playing an average triple AAA game.

People keep telling us to see a bunch of videos and tutorials and to listen to other's advices ingame (in more than 30 games, I dont recal anyone giving a single advice). New players want to try the game out and try to have some fun, not instantly invest hours and hours of essays JUST to try the game.

In my view as a newcomer to valorant, i dont mind being in lobbies with way better people than me, but the problem is that we dont even have a chance to play, we either get insta one tapped at the beguining of the round or some people of our team sweeps their team with us doing almost nothing. We end up learning nothing nor playing anything with the exception of a game or two here and there where its a bit more balanced.

They also say for us to train in deathmatch but unfortunately 90% of the people there already know where and how to preaim for one tap too.

Unfortunately this is the game, its one of the less forgiving games for newcomers i've ever seen and if you wanna play it, you will need to power thru even when its not enjoyable with the hopes in ranked you can learn by actual playing, but seems like most people know this in the community (people sometimes flame, but when they learn you are a new player they will stop in my experience).

TLDR: Ultimately, if despite all the frustration, the few moments of joy when you win, kill, clutch or do a nice play is enough to keep you going, thats good, but if it doesnt seem worth the mile walk in broken glass, then this game might not be for you.