16 cycle question

[Decomposed]

i accidentally moved fang out
muffy moved in via wifi
gwen moved in via campsite

i've tt'd day by day checking for movers for a month and neither gwen nor muffy will move. i spoke to both of them once when they first moved in and have ignored them since.
only permanent villagers have wanted to move

am i doing something wrong or am i just unlucky or?

 

[krielle]

If you ignore villagers you want to move out they will never ask to move.
Try talking to them more and maybe they'll want to move out ^^

 

[Decomposed]

wait-- really? i ignored accidental move ins before and they left my town pretty quickly...

 

[krielle]

Well it's not always the case, it varies honestly. I still think that the game randomly chooses.
But if you're waiting for one of them to ping you then they won't if you ignore them for 4+ days.

 

[neon-tetra]

It's random, and there are many theories on how to get villagers to move out quickly. For me, Agnes pinged me to move out, but I've only talked to her 3 times, Zell pinged me to move out only after moving in for 2 days. Usually, a villager will want to move out after you befriend them, because then, they'd tend to want to explore other villagers, because there is nothing left for them to do in that village. You can also try giving them bugs or rotten fruit when they ask you for fruit.

 

[Decomposed]

i'm not waiting for them to ping me though! i talk to my other villagers until they tell me someone is thinking about moving.
x.x

 

[neon-tetra]

i'm not waiting for them to ping me though! i talk to my other villagers until they tell me someone is thinking about moving.
x.x

You should talk to smug or snooty villagers, because they like to gossip

 

[Decomposed]

my normals are my biggest gossipers.

i just need confirmation that i do need to talk to them in order for them to move... i read somewhere that if you're time travelling to cycle, you can't ignore the villagers you're trying to move out.

 

[ryan88]

If you ignore villagers you want to move out they will never ask to move.
Try talking to them more and maybe they'll want to move out ^^

this is wrong! I did this to peggy! 2 weeks and she moved!

 

[Zulehan]

this is wrong! I did this to peggy! 2 weeks and she moved!

I believe this 'ignore' rule assumes you have not spoken to the villager at all, not even to introduce yourself on move-in day, while at the same time talking to the other villagers every day.