Kraut_and_Tea

Lotteries against TOS

As you may or may not know, I do a lotteries amongst the highest supporters for each series. The winner of which gets one of the books I used to research the series. However, I was warned that this may now be against Patreon TOS.

I therefor have tho think of something new. Let me know if you have suggestions.

Yours. Joe.

Back to work on Part 2

I wanted to take a break to play some Fallout New Vegas and answer the over 300 unanswered DMs. Unfortunately my pc is such a shambles that it wont allow me to play new vegas.... 

So, back to work it is, I am now working on part 2 of the Mexico-America series. Hope to soon show you some results.

The Mexican American Border I A Tale of Two Colonies

Why is Mexico so different from the United States? Why is one country poorer than the other? Why is the border between the two the single most crossed border in human history? How did a co-dependent economy develop that clearly favors one over the other? In this video, the first of a 3 part series, I would like to take you on a journey through the socio-economic developments that took place in ...

Thank you

The artist drawing the last frames just told me he will finish by tomorrow. So the premier of the video will be either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Meanwhile I wanted to just say a massive thank you to all of you for allowing me to do a payout in advance at the beginning of this month. Thank you so much. You really saved my ass. I hope this will be the last time I did something like that...

Problems with Franceafrique

I was very distracted with video work, however when I started looking through the enormous mountain of unanswered DMs I noticed that another youtuber made a video about that topic that we voted on to be the next after Mexico.

What do we do now? Do I still make it after the Mexico series? Or do we pick another topic?

Almost there

I ignored the comforts of christmas and pushed hard these past few days. We are almost there. The only thing left to do is a segment that a volunteer artist insists on drawing (so it is out of my hand and I have to wait for him) and for me to record a thank you for the end of the video to all the volunteer artists. I expect this to be nfinished in 2-3 days.

On Sponsorships and how to deal with them.

Hey, as those of you who have been around for a while may know, I have consistantly refused to accept sponsorships on my youtube channel. The reason for this is very simple, most sponsorships are extremely shady. Raid Shaddow Legends is the best example of this. It is basically a scam, and I refuse to attach my name to, let alone promote such a thing, that in my opinion is very harmful to peopl...

A little chat about the future

After the Mexico series is done, I would like to move on to making shorter, monthly videos. The reason for this is that I would like to change my patreon to a monthly payout, without actually, physicall changing it. Meaning I would like to have a video out per month. 

One of the reasons for this is because I found out that making the very long video series is close to impossible with...

Thank you

Thank you for allowing me to charge for a video in advance. As promissed, i will not be charging for the video once it is finally released. You really helped me out, I was getting kinda close on my bills. I also want those of you who declined payment to know that I perfectly understand and have no ill feelings towards you. I know it is a little weird and unusual. I hope something like this will...

Thank you.

Thank you for permitting me to charge for this video a week or two in advance to keep me afloat in december. I promise that this is an exception, and am already working hard on the release.

A few of you suggested that in return I should release the audio of this video, so you can listen to it on long car rides. Here it is. Keep in mind though that this 1 hour long audio is merely part one...

I have a favor to ask

I am approaching the end of this month and have not yet finished the video. I am working hard and pushing it. It will be finished. But, I do not know if I can finish it this month. It will be finished within the next 2-3 weeks. But I am not sure if I will finish it until the end of November.

As some of you may know, I recently lost my job and am consequently am strapped for cash and scrat...

We need to have a chat about content

As I am working on the Mexico video i am realizing increasingly one thing. That being that the current format is not sustainable at the time. My channel made 9000 euros in total this year, which was ok while I still had a job, but now that I don't, it no longer is. I have to make more than 4 videos a year.

When the Mexico video is finished I will sit down and work on the West Africa video...

Made a mistake in estimates, there might be two videos

I made a mistake in attempting to estimate the length of the video again. It will probably be up to 3 hours and not 1 and a half hours long. Sorry. Please go to the community tab of my channel and vote on if you want it split into two parts

https://www.youtube.com/c/KrautandTea/communit...

Good News!

I finished writing the script about Mexican American border releations. Research and writing is always the hardest and longest part. Starting tomorrow we will record, draw and edit. Hope the next time I post here will be when I have an idea of when the video is finished.

Yours. Joe.

Announcement on Research

Hey, hey, hey. So As I am finishing the Mexico-America script and about to record it I realized something. I have done very little research on the next topic of French-African economic interdependance.

Don't get me wrong, I have already gathered some of the material. But by far not everything that I need. So, I am going to make a little change to the to-do list.

I will from now on a...

Streaming with you in the future

I am finally figuring out and becoming more comfortable with hosting live streams on my twitch. I will do them more frequently in the future. Possibly about 2-3 or even 4 times a week. I will for now be streaming on twitch but will find a way to do it both on youtube and twitch at the same time.

This is relevant to you, because as patreons you should get automatic access to the guest slot...

The General Audience Vote

Well, here is the second to last option. I didn't expect this to happen, but with your vote evenly splitt between the final two options the audience now has to vote on the next topic.

You by the way can also still vote here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/U...

We will have to ask the audience...

Well..... it seems like you want both topics equally much.

As agreed upon. This means we will have to ask the general audience.

Unless something changes in the final 8 minutes of voting.

Second round of voting!

You have narrowed down the topics for the next video. Now it is time for the final vote. Your choices are between:

French Attachments

A video on how deeply France is tied into West African economies which are deeply dependent upon France. From mining industries, troop deployments, coups, and currencies. From Côte D'ivoire, to Cameroon, to Central Africa.

2020-10-07 15:38:09 +0000 UTC View Post

A little request

Yo! I hate being selfish, but... next time we vote for new videos, in about one or two months from now, could you pick some less controversial topics. I thereby mean topics revolving around less conflict, war and other words that get youtube videos demonetized?

I know it's a bit of a selfish request. But since China none of my videos have been fully monetized.

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Sorry for the Poll repost

I am sorry for reposting the poll, a mistake was made in the poll settings.

Please don't forget to vote for the next topic here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42403773

Time to vote (sorry for repost)

 It's time to vote 

 Sorry for posting this again, I forgot to add one of the picks to the poll. And sorry for reposting this yet again, patreon did a fug up where it demands that you click an extra box to ensure everyone votes only once. This post will stay up!

Also, the Baltics and balkans are two different things, some seem to have confused them.

U...

Video Selection Stream.

I will start the video selection stream tomorrow at around 1-2 am Central European time. (Selecting the time zone to appease American West Coast, Korean, Malayan, and Australian time zone dwellers) 

I will be streaming from the main server that you can join with derserver.xyz and will welcome patrons on stream. The purpose of the stream will be to do a run-down of all the topics on t...

You don't need to appologize for skipping a donation

Hey there. I just checked my inbox and noticed that a few of you sent me DMs on discord appologizing for not being able to donate on patreon this month.

You don't need to appologize, and you never have to.

We live in hard times. There is a global pandemic, and the job market is collapsing. Not to forget all the personal disasters that can befall a person.

I will never blame yo...

Video selection stream!

Hey there! So, we need to pick the next video after Mexico. And i thought about doing something different this time.

All the 50 euro Patreons get to pick a topic from my to do list, and then we will have a vote where all of you get to vote. 

BUT we will also do a stream this saturday on my twitch, to which you are invited. I will post here again when I know the exact time, beca...

The Turkish Century | New Beginnings

 This is the final part of a three part video series, summarizing the history of Turkey, from antiquity to Nomadic tribes, to the Seljuks, to the Ottomans, to Attatürk’s revolution to today. You will find the links to the first two parts here:  

The Turkish Century | From Hittites to Atatürk: 2020-09-28 04:14:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Debating future content

Hey, what do you think of doing a live stream when the Turkey video is finished, in which we discuss which videos I should make next?

To another decade!

I will be turning 30 in 50 minutes, so I guess you can now call me old, or a boomer, lol.

Here is to another decade! One hopefully filled with great content! And one that will bring success, prosperity, and happyness to every single one of you, no matter who you are and where you may be. 

Thank you for tolerating my rocky upload schedual. I will spend this day with my parents, ...

First Patreon Stream

Will be streaming in 30-40 minutes. Hope to see you there. If you want to join you can do through the server derserver.xyz I will drag you into the stream chat.

https://www.twitch.tv/le_kraut

First Patreon Podcast

Ok, let's do the first Patreon podcast tomorrow at 6pm Central European time.

Join the discord server here: derserver.xyz 

And we will do our first chat tomorrow.

Also by the way, I decided to not monetize any live streams or podcasts I do. I hope you don't mind that decision.