: Register a brand new account with a separate email address. Never link it to your main account via family sharing, phone numbers, or recovery emails.

We can focus on how or discuss how to safely set up a secondary testing environment .

If you plan to experiment with hacks, cheats, scripts, or third-party modifications in any online game, there is one absolute rule you must follow:

⚠️ The Golden Rule of Modding: Protect Your Main Account

: Modern anti-cheat systems like BattlEye, Easy Anti-Cheat, and Ricochet do not give warnings. A single detected injection can result in an instant, permanent account closure.

If you are a developer, researcher, or player looking to test game modifications, follow these strict isolation protocols:

: Getting a public ban on a primary profile (such as a public VAC ban on a Steam profile) permanently labels your profile and can get you blacklisted from community servers or clans. 💻 Essential Safety Practices for Testing