Easty Beast was a middleweight robot built by Donald Hutson for Comedy Central's "It's Your Battle" sweepstakes prior to Season 5.0. The winner of the sweepstakes would receive Easty Beast and would be able to compete in Season 5.0 with it. 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 BattleBots NPC Charity Open 2004 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.
Robot History[]
Comedy Central Season 5.0[]
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, where it faced Spike Demon. Spike Demon won by TKO and Easty Beast was eliminated from the tournament.
2004 NPC Charity Open[]
Easty Beast gets 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, where it faced Speed Bump XL.
Easty Beast clamps Speed Bump XL.
Easty Beast lifts 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 and advanced to the next round, where it faced Blue Flame.
Easty Beast gets thwacked by Blue Flame's disc.
When 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 disc, losing one of its teeth and making the disc unbalanced. Blue Flame tried to turn around to land a shot on Easty Beast, but instead it got pushed into the wall, disc first, pinned, and lifted. when it got free, its disc 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 disc by constantly spinning itself around. While it worked to some degree, it didn't stop Easty Beast from trying to push and lift the disc spinner. Eventually, the match made the distance. Easty Beast won on a judges' decision and this win put Easty Beast to the loser's bracket quarter-finals, where it faced Red Square.
Easty Beast gets flipped over by Red Square.
Red Square was driving under Easty Beast throughout the entirety of the match and flipped Easty Beast 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[]
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.
Wins/Losses[]
- Wins: 3
- Losses: 4
| Wins | Losses | |
|---|---|---|
| Season 5.0 | Mohammed Ali | Spike Demon |
| 2004 NPC Charity Open |
Bye x2 |
|
| JavaOne 2007 | None | Icewave |