It is indeed not unbeatable ;) The trick is not to try to save everything, you have to make some sacrifices in order to save some other regions (save the water for those)...And the counter disappearing when you lose was intended: When you win (all fires extinguished and more than 50% of the forest still alive) it shows you the score (which is nothing else than the amount of fires you have extinguished)... I'm still not sure if it is better to have a high or a low "score" xD...but if you lose it doesn't matter how many fires you've extinguished as the forest didn't make it ;). But ok, from a gamer-perspective you are right, I could keep the score showing up also if one loses :D