I think your attitude is commendable. You didn't ragequit as soon as something didn't go the way you expected. You're willing to ask for help and follow guides, but also willing to go against the guides when they don't suit what you want from the game. Most importantly you experiment and find what's right for you through a bit of trial and error.
If you ever do make a video about your experience as a beginner in Elite I expect a lot of people could benefit.
Let me explain that there is a game that I have been playing for five years.I've played thousands of hours on this game and the total number of players worldwide is half a billion.During this time I haven't swore or behaved in any way toxic.Also, the producers of the game and the directors of the support team were on my friend list.I made dozens of 3d and 2dl animations about the game in two professional level comics.I even made a2d version of the game with the same heroes for free distribution.In this period, I have reached the level of being able to perform animation according to the demands at the professional level.The paintings I made on different art sites got millions of likes and downloads, and I even started earning quite a lot of money.While all this was happening, I used a small youtube channel specific to the game.In addition, in these five years, I have been cursed, insulted, harassed and threatened with death in all the games I played in which there were no officials.The fact that the game is free and the company does not punish the players and even if they do, they can return to the game by getting a new account within ten seconds.I have reported thousands of players using the complaint system in the game, but they were not penalized.Then I found youtube videos of the game's support team manager threatening players with death, which were uploaded five years ago.I already knew that some youtubers broadcasting about the game gathered viewers just by swearing and trolling.I also saw one of them sexually harassing an eleven year old alive.I also saw that one of the E-sports players threatened a fifteen-year-old boy who was playing the game on a live broadcast because he lost.I complained about these youtubers with videos.The company invited these youtubers to official prize money tournaments as prizes and did not ban such videos even though they own the copyright.I warned the company that it was a crime by law and in return they banned my access to support.I responded by blocking the company officials on my friend list.I also warned the company by posting a video with my biggest youtube account.Until then, they didn't know my true identity.The company responded by banning my forum account.I personally sued these youtubers and company.As a result, one of the youtubers was imprisoned for a year and the other's case is still ongoing but I won the case I filed against the company.As a result of the lawsuit, in response to my forum account, I had all public and local forums around the world closed and fired past employees.My account in the game still stands and it is secured by law that nobody can punish.All these incidents were not caused by guides or acting trolls that you see as bad.Even the worst player here is better than the best player I have encountered there.I learned a lot of things about the game, like you can get rich by hacking the game whenever I want.The most important thing to know about me is that I never do harm.I do not swear, insult or disparage the games.If I encounter great evil, if it does, as I wrote above, I will fight alone.My every behavior has a reason and I like to help people.