Just take an optimistic angle about it. All those players started at the bottom at some point. Nobody was born capable of using a mouse and keyboard.

The main difference is that you now have a huge amount of information and resources about how to get good and what works or not.

Back in the days all the gear was expensive. Nowadays you can grind to pro with just a logitech g102, steelseries qck and a redragon k552, combined is cheaper than a deathadder at the time. Those gear are the great equalizer in that everyone can have them, and reach the top with them.

Players even 5 years ago were still just figuring out proper training routines, settings, even game mechanics. Right now you have all that information. Theres tons of tutorials flying around. Watch tons of pov demos of players who play your roles. Listen to how higher elo players communicate. Most of the time they dont even need to speak, they see what their teammate is doing and they then subconsciously know what to do.

Learn fundamentals over the flashy ♥♥♥♥. Learn to counter strafe, learn to tap burst and spray, learn to do those while counter strafing. Learn how to have advantage in angles (right peak is stronger than left, further is stronger than closer), learn how to jiggle peek learn to wide peek, learn to prefire, learn how to spray in a straight line, learn how to spray on a moving target, learn how to spray transfer, learn when and where to go aggressive, learn timings, learn communication, learn etc. When you have your fundamentals to a strong standard, thats when you can focus on more important things, like being a good teammate, playing your position correctly, and how to outsmart your opponents. Youll actually have more confidence when you dont have to think about hitting shots, and just hitting them like a robot.

The absolute most important things you need are a competetive spirit, and love for the game. Without the competetive spirit, youll shy away from stronger, better opponents, and as such, will never be able to reflect upon yourself and your mistakes, and will never know what you need to fix in order to be able to actually compete. You need to accept that you will lose, wether its your fault or someone elses, you will lose. If you brig toxicity into it youll just get frustrated more.

Without absolute love and drive for this game, youll burn out in no time, youll call it quits after a string of bad games, and worst of all, youd hate every moment you spend losing in this game. Even the best of the best face heartbreaks about losing important matches.

In short, its not how good the opponents are in any game that should worry you, its you yourself and the amount of commitment youre willing to give. I guarantee you that there are players in all games that have the drive and love for those games and they will always destroy those who dont have such