Free-to-Play Friendship

The best things in life are free, which is why Tao's friendship is not.

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CREDITS
Ally - Ally Beardsley
Grant - Grant O'Brien
Tao - Tao Yang
Writer - Tao Yang
Director - John Purcell
Producer - Jessie Hixenbaugh
Coordinator - Grace Earley
Dp - Carter Ross
Cam Op - Jon Corum
1St Ac - Michelle Hernandez
2Nd Ac - Shannon Segura
Gaffer - Taylor Frontier
Key Grip - Patrick Hyatt
Swing - Matt Hayward
Sound Mixer - Danny Carpenter For Botown Sound
Hmu - Jed Olmedo
Set Pa - Amanda Clark
Set Pa - Nick Murphy
Production Designer - Rick Mader
Director Of Post Production - Melissa Balan
Post Production Supervisor - Marissa High
Director Of Programming - Theodora Hart
Content Management Assistant - Jane Cripe
Editor - Ted Marsden
Design Director - Paula Searing
Assistant Editor - Casey Shatraw
Assistant Editor - Sarah Leeper
Post Production Intern - Paul Tael
Post Production Intern - Rafael Souza

[MrJase-xd]

Wow, I can't believe Tao actually sponsored CollegeHumor to make an ad for him!

[IcyAuron]

The worst part of a free-to-play friendship isn’t even the hilariously skewed exchange rates, it’s having hear people brag about being friends with Tao for free.

[swordviper]

EA :”Write that down! “Write that down!”

[gargamellenoir]

Fun Fact Tao gives 10% of his earnings to Grant in exchange for him pretending to spend thousands of dollars in Tao Bucks, to rope suckers (like Ally) in!

[VulpeculaJoy]

Don't forget Tao-Seasons:
A period of 3 months in which you'll have unique seasonal content and a story line that you will only be able to follow while the season is running and then never have again.

Edit: Yeah, ofc there is a Tao Season pass for all the premium season content...

[zaczane]

The First Conversation is always Free
That’s how Tao gets you

[paulkim]

Tao's doing really well for himself after Collegehumor shut down

[vincevvn]

This is actually a really good ad. I kinda wanna be friends with Tao now

[hexcodeff]

The irony of shooting a skit about a guy making others pay him so they can talk to him and then ending the video with an advert for a subscription service that allows you to chat with the very people who wrote the skit isn't lost on me.

[DrTranofEvil]

‘Tao crystals which are worth more than Tao dollars...’

No, you’re still doing it wrong. You HAVE to have Tao crystals for upgrades and leveling, Tao Dollars for general purchases and items and Tao coins which aren’t worth crap, but if you wait long enough will be worth one, whole Tao dollar... in four to six months. Tao upgrades are 10 crystals or $100, 000 TD.

Oh, but for a yearly subscription, you get a monthly chance to get crystals and for only $20 a month, you get $14TD and a *loot b... umm, ‘fun surprise package’!

* - due to legal action in the UK, they are no longer called Loot boxes. Also, spin the daily wheel to possibly get a loot... Fun surprise package! (Odds of getting a FSP less than 1%)

[DanteYewToob]

They didn't even mention the expansion pack, "Double-Date" where Tao brings his girlfriend to a dinner to keep your girlfriend entertained while you guys play Smash Bros...
It's a pretty great expansion pack, absolutely worth the 41, 000, 000 Tao bucks.

[gagejoseph]

$5 for 3.5 TD = ~$1.43 per 1 TD
$20 for 16 TD = $1.25 per 1 TD
$20 for 17 TD = $1.18 per 1 TD

Better raid daddy's purse to bankrupt the family on Arbor day for maximum savings!

[alvarogarcia]

Tao: You must wait 24 hours to talk with me Still Tao: *proceeds to talk

[DisguisedNinjas]

0:45
"People really like you"
"Nnnno-nuh-no-no"

Oof I felt that

[Cydoniaaa]

Where have I seen this before

**EA slowly creeping around the corner**

[ishouldhavetried]

I mean, to be fair, this is just pay-by-the-hour therapy minus the fancy college degree.

[CodeAndGin]

Last time I was this early College Humor was still funded

[AnimeMangaViewer]

We know that one ‘friend’ that spent way too much for something that will become irrelevant by the next update (or so diluted because everyone else does it, it no longer is worth it for the first one that did it)

[onebilliontacos]

At this point he doesn't even have to work at his job anymore, he only has to go there to be peoples friend. You know what that's actually worse...

[uwuseokie]

I really do only have 40 minutes of conversation in me per day