Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Hits
Both words in one sentence
- The third time, he hits dead center, and the ball just ounces off without a single pin getting knocked over, but that's not the epic fail.
Source: Epic Fail / Live-Action TV - Either you'll fail to connect enough hits to count as an Excellent before everything is killed, you'll fail to rebound the spinning Luigi, or the spinning Luigi will go through a gap in the Wall.
Source: That One Achievement -
YMMV, many players find Johnny Cage's failed events to be rather hilarious and some deliberately fail Jax's as he looks even more badass shrugging off hits from fireballs rather than dodging them.
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