You started playing in May? What? BULLSHIT! I THOUGHT I KNEW YOU LESS LONGER THAN 6 MONTHS! (I was thinking it was 1 month XD)
Anyways, don't worry about being a barely-competent pilot. I'm a barely-inadequate pilot, and it's hard learning outside of novice matches when everyone doesn't want a "noob" pilot to be dragging them down.
I got the game on the May 31st. I blame you not joining our forums earlier for me not knowing you. I've had my eye on he forums after hearing about the community about two or s months prior and I literally popped in here the moment I got the game and said hello, asked a question or two, and then made myself elected (by the council of me) as the unofficial keeper of the Ban the User Above You forums.
Shoutout to any new players here, don't be afraid to join in! As long as you're respectful, you're accepted. Then when you're accepted more, you can pull crazy stuff off in the forums like starting threads. Although perfectly fine if you set up a respectful thread on your first try.