I've been playing online FPSs for years now, but I've always been absolutely terrible at them. I can maybe get a 1:1 K:D ratio on a good round, but my average is probably closer to 1:3 or 1:4. This has been pretty consistent in every FPS I've played over the years. I'm not sure what I'm really doing wrong. I use cover. I try to flank with my teammates. I throw grenades to flush enemies out of cover. But somehow it always seems like they're faster, more accurate, better able to get the drop on me.
Is it just because I only play them for a few weeks or months before moving on? Is this something that gets better with practice, or do I have some kind of undiagnosed motor deficiency?
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It happens a lot that a game pops up that's similar to a previous game, and then you have a section of the playerbase that came from the other game and they'll be more skilled than new players. For example, Splitgate is very similar to Halo. I played it a ton in beta and was surprised at how good some players were when the game had only been available for a couple of weeks, but the answer to how they were so good is that they had played hundreds of hours of a very similar game. I think that the amount of time it takes to get good varies from person to person but it will always be pretty high, it's just that some people get a head start from their previous experience.