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Teapot is mostly associated with going past your potential that the system calculated. You can literally use any feature of the mod without getting a teapot as long as you have an understanding of your 'potential'.
If you're below 40k-50k (Stages where you haven't unlocked all artifacts) ~ Only push 1k-2k past your MS. Anywhere above that is unpredictable, and it usually results in a teapot. Pushing 4k-5k without prestiging or unlocking any artifacts is a 100% teapot (I've tested this for many times using alts). You can choose to push 500 stages per prestige since that's possible for any stage of the game *where you haven't unlocked all the artifacts*. Once you reach higher stages, pushing 100-200 stages becomes hard. You can ask your clanmates with different MS range - to get an idea of how much you should push.
Here's an example to help others visualize what I meant:
Scenario 1 (Lazy mofos) : Let's say you have a MS of 10k, and your calculated MS is 12k. You decided to push until you reach 12k, but you're too lazy winning and decided to push another 2k stages. The system that calculates your potential will now be issuing you a teapot since you're regarded as suspicious, and what the f**k you just made the bot question itself.
Scenario 2 (Big brain, not really) : Let's say you have the same MS of 10k and potential of 12k. You decided to play it safe and pushed 2k.Your new MS is 12k and your potential is stucked at 12k since you haven't upgraded or discovered new artifacts. You then prestiged and unlocked new artifacts or omptimized the others. Congratulations ~ your potential is now 14k, and you can now safely push another 2k. You repeat the process until you beat the hell out of your competitors.
*It's safer to unlock new artifacts rather than optimizing them since a good artifact roll will help you push way past your current MS without using any mod.
If you still get teapots, you should experiment on your own using alts, and find what's best for you.