it just isnt working at all, can someone have a wee look for me please?

........ with similar experience as me asap.

I love to play duel but i can only seem to find players who are much much better than me to play against.
my elo is embarrassing 774. the last 2 weeks iv played 112 duels and lost 91 of them.
the few i won was against players of my level or bellow.
I dont mind losing at all but when its 40 to nill it becomes quite disheartening.

I have a very experienced player who have tought me alot about the game. I have a nice config and a nice custom hud that i love and i honestly believe im better than my elo suggests but like i said, anyone i play against have been playing for years, even if their profile says otherwise you can just tell by how they time and play the game.

I understand timing and my movement is getting better. i understand to hold back and stack up before i think about a fight but im obviously to inexperienced to play these people.
Iv put a post on ql forum looking for duel partners but they dont seem to be as commuted to getting better as me and ignore me when i ask for a game. Or they are again experienced players looking for easy wins. 90% of the games i play is against players who shouldn't even be playing me, some have elo of 1600 +. some say they been playing quake since it started.
where is everyone where is just learning the game? why can i only play players who are far to good for me? can anyone help me find players at my level that we can both learn off?

Does anyone ever play tdm? I want to start playing it but two days in a row now and iv not seen a server with any people in it. thank you

I'm quite new to the game and im often told the only way to improve it to practice. That is quite obvious but how do new commers practice? Its like giving someone who has never even seen a chess board a chess board and saying practice. :) can anyone offer any advice on how to practice please?