I feel like an idiot admitting that I'm so bad at this game that I need a practice map.  I can't say I have much experience with RTS games and I have no experience with 4x games but I picked up Sins due to the glowing praise surrounding it.  After playing through the tutorials and my first multi-hour session I already feel that the hype is justified and that it is as addictive as everyone has said it is.  The problem though is that I'm still having some major issues getting a handle on some of the basic gameplay all the while I keep getting beat upon by the AI and those damn pirates.  I would love to have a nice empty map for me to play around with and learn the ins and outs of the game without having to worry about being crushed by the AI.  Unfortunately I can't find a way to do this within the game at all.  Does anyone know if there is a way to create a sandbox map with no AI?


Thanks!
...bysmitty