I got the same thing because I was a ' pretty boy '. Not gay , just easy to make fun of and not masculine . Didn ' t stop the ' gay ' jokes that continue now decades later . Never goes away true , but you eventually realise that those people were just ignorant . Had a few teenage friends kill themselves , some people just think there is no way through or have no one to show them . <| sep |> That ' s not uncommon . If you ' d like to just play without an AI player attacking you , I made this custom map which basically prevents the AI from doing anything . This lets you experiment with researchships at your own pace . There are some tough militia fights for combat experience , but if you turn pirates off , you won ' t be attacked .