Talk:Film Permit/@comment-74.70.198.148-20161024204746/@comment-3229289-20161024221635

While the decision is entirely yours, TSTO Addicts warns against buying the permit, claiming "the event is easy enough" and that you should not "waste your donuts". Really, how easy the event is depends on how often you play.

I will say this: Play your cards right, and the 60 donuts you pay can yield an extra 3,560 clapboards plus 6,230 megaphones. Explanation follows.

By this point, there are about seven days and 9.75(-ish) hours left in this act, meaning that if you play diligently, you can visit each of your neighbors at most eight times before the currency shifts. Since the permit doubles the number of clapboards you can get for your friend visits, you can get up to 890 clapboards each day as opposed to the usual 445. If you maximize the currency you receive, meaning you perform the full 89 actions that award currency, the film permit nets you a bonus 445 clapboards per day. Best case scenario, the permit will net you an extra 3,560 clapboards and 6,230 megaphones—that is, if the megaphone payout for friend visits follows the pattern for the previous currencies. Keep in mind that you have to visit your friends daily to hope for those estimates, and by now, you only have about 9.75 hours of "wiggle room" left. You should also have at least 29 neighbors—not counting "Other Springfield"—and probably more if your neighbors do not clear their towns routinely.