The initial design was similar to Tazbot minus the head and arm with cambered wheels and a weapon in front. For the contest there were three weapon designs available - clamping jaws, a set of dual carbide-tipped saws, or an articulated grinding drill. The winner of the contest, Lance Lyle, chose the design with the jaws. Despite appearing on the television show in a short segment, Easty Beast lost in the qualifiers to Spike Demon and never fought in a televised match. Easty Beast returned for the 2004 NPC Charity Open under control of Donald Hutson, where it won two fights as well as losing two.
In 2007, Easty Beast was rebuilt by Hutson and renamed Carbide[1] (not to be confused with the future Robot Wars competitor), and was one of eight middleweight robots to compete in that year's private JavaOne event. Alongside the sawblades, it was equipped with a hinged plough at the rear which was to be used to combat high-powered spinners. However, Carbide could not maintain its previous incarnation's improved form, losing in the first round to Icewave.
Easty Beast's first ever match was against Mohammed Ali. Easty Beast, rammed into it early into the fight, both breaking the frame, and leaving a somewhat large dent on the left side of the bot, rendering it immobile. Easty Beast won by KO and advanced to the final preliminary round.
Easty Beast vs. Spike Demon
Easty Beast's next battle came against Spike Demon. However, Spike Demon won by KO and Easty Beast was eliminated before the televised rounds.
2004 NPC Charity Open[]
Easty Beast vs. Devil's Plunger
Easty Beast is slammed against the arena wall by Devil's Plunger.
After receiving two byes, Easty Beast fight Devil's Plunger. Easty Beast scoops Devil's Plunger but did nothing more. Devil's Plunger then rams Easty Beast. Devil's Plunger then scoops Easty Beast and bashes it into the wall. Devil's Plunger later repeats the attack two times. Devil's Plunger then scoops Easty Beast again and rams it into a corner. Easty Beast almost grabs Devil's Plunger but fails to and Devil's Plunger then rams Easty Beast into the wall again. Devil's Plunger won on a judges' decision and Easty Beast was now in the loser's bracket.
Easty Beast vs. Speed Bump XL
Easty Beast clamps Speed Bump XL.
Easty Beast lifts Speed Bump XL.
Here, Easty Beast took on Speed Bump XL. Easty Beast controlled this match as it clamped into Speed Bump XL for the majority of the match. Easty Beast also lifted Speed Bump XL twice and took it to the pulverizer at one point. In the end, the time ran out and Easty Beast won the match on a judges' decision.
Easty Beast vs. Blue Flame
Easty Beast gets thwacked by Blue Flame's disk.
Next in the loser's bracket, Easty Beast fought Blue Flame. As the match began, Blue Flame tried to turn away as Easty Beast started advancing towards it, but it wound up hitting the wall with its disk, losing one of its teeth and making the disk unbalanced. Blue Flame tried to turn around to land a shot on Easty Beast, but instead it got pushed into the wall, disk first, pinned, and lifted. when it got free, its disk stopped working, leaving it vulnerable to getting pushed around and lifted. Blue Flame tried to make up for the loss of its weapon by converting itself into a makeshift thwackbot, hitting Easty Beast with its disk by constantly spinning itself around. While it worked to some degree, it didn't stop Easty Beast from trying to push and lift the disk spinner. Eventually, the match made the distance. Easty Beast won on a judges' decision and continued on.
Easty Beast vs. Red Square
Easty Beast is flipped by Red Square.
This win put Easty Beast to the loser's bracket quarter-finals, where it faced Team Whyachi and Red Square. Throughout the fight, Red Square was driving under Easty Beast and flipped Donald Hutson's machine a total of three times. After this, the time ran out and Red Square won on a judges' decision. This meant Easty Beast was eliminated from the tournament.
JavaOne 2007[]
Carbide vs. Icewave
Carbide fighting Icewave.
Now renamed Carbide, Easty Beasts first opponent was Icewave. This fight started with Icewave spinning up, and getting one good hit on Carbide. However this hit caused Icewave's engine to stall, and the fight was now a pushing match. Icewave then pushed Carbide under the Pulverizers, the repeated pounding from the Pulverizers disabled Carbide's drivetrain, and it was counted out. This meant that Carbide was eliminated from the event in the first round.
