Got to 5 cups first try and thought I'm a tibetian monk but then failed. THEN I discovered a cheese: At first stage, collect life and drop a cup. Then you can walk back and forth to collect infinite lives! With that and a bit of fair gameplay I got to 14 cups and since EVERY cup hits a life, died here. I think better gameplay-wise would be for life to grant retry on current stage instead of negating broken cup. Because this way the player still has to play legit.