I have never been good in the game and wanted to know if it was still worthwhile to dig in because friends said the game was dead
If you enjoy it.
The game is rubbish
To sum it up in a meaningful answer: If the game suits you, just try it and don't listen to others. You can get really good within a week and then of course it is also fun.
First helpful and sensible answer thank you
Of course you can start. Until the season change it was impossible for newbies, because you were always thrown into the game with good players - you would have been easy prey and you would have quickly lost the fun.
Since the season change, however, there has been so-called skill-based matchmaking - in this case, about the same good players always come together in a round, including bots.
So you also have to deal with players of equal strength and can acquire skills - you will certainly not lose the fun:-)
The game is currently the most popular game for u18 years old and among the top 10 most popular / latest games ever.