don't focus on the names Midway, you have to ask yourself the question HOW are just those 2 beating you?
He needs to figure out how? It's simple -- they're fighting the 38's fight.
How do many of us lose to Spit variants? We fight the Spit's fight.
Heck, I'll lose to a brand new player if he or she is in a Spit 8. A Spit 8 should kill anything that turns with it, especially nose-low. What can't a Spit 8 do well, besides absorb many rounds?