Beat and Fail

guy	beat guy	fail guy
people	beat people	fail people
number	beat number	fail number
rest	beat rest	fail rest
Other words: stage, army, time, way, level, game, dungeon, mission, everyone, times, stages, levels.

Both words in one sentence

Fail to beat it in under 30 minutes (and with the gunslinger boss, it's 95% guaranteed), and it's Nonstandard Game Over for you.

Source: Nintendo Hard / Platform Games
Fail to beat it in that time, and Maneula loses too much blood and burns up from the T-Veronica virus.

Source: Video Game / Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Also from the same game as Lubba is The Chimp, whose challenges are annoying to beat and result in costing the player a life every time they fail them.

Source: The Scrappy / Super Mario Bros.

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