Embarrassed about having low-tier villagers?

[Rendra]

Hey, does anyone here feel embarassed about having low-tier villagers in their town?

I have Puck in my town and I think he's a nice guy, I've talked to him a lot. But recently I learned he is in the lowest tier, so i want to get rid of him but I feel really bad getting rid of him just because he's not popular

In Jayhawk, Puck has been my BFF since day 1 (June 9th, 2013). In LuvLilac, Gayle has been my BFF since day 1 also. I will never let either move away. I don't care how popular a villager is or what they look like. All are welcome in my towns.

 

[Ami-chan]

i loved all my low-tier starter villagers,
whom i would have kept but they surprised me and moved away during times i wasnt as active in ACNL.
it completely broke my heart, and i'd much rather have them than my top-tier ones.
but other certain ones I really like happened to be (decently) high? like Muffy and Genji, before i knew about the tier stuff
i'd gladly switch diana, merengue and marshal to have back lily, prince, and kidd if it wasnt for the 16 cycle.. ; n ;
heck, right now im still cycling to have my ACNL best friend Mira move back in, and she moved out a year ago.
i will never let axel, snake and shep go, even though they arent too high either.

you should never be embarrassed to have villagers you love and appreciate, no matter what tier they are ; u ;
so cheesy//hides

 

[KKMikkalson]

I was thinking about this again yesterday...Most of the lower tiered villagers in my town are my faves. And I remembered: the tiers only have value because we choose to give them value
Kind of like diamonds are inherently worthless, and they have value because we say they do.

 

[TheGreatBrain]

I have to wonder if tc is embarassed by least popular villagers, how do you treat people in school? ( assuming that you are school age ).Would you be embarassed to be caught talking to someone who isn't popular? I hope not, because lifes tough enough as it is.Especially for some teens.

 

[amarillo]

I actually feel kinda proud about my low-tier villagers because it makes me town sort of special in a way that it's like no one elses!

 

[benben12]

i have goldie in my town and she's in one of the lowest tier too but i feel happy having her since she is really sweet and adorable. i don't really care what people think since it's my town, not theirs

 

[Superpenguin]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, no I will flaunt all my villagers. You criticize my villagers? When one of them moves out I will personally visit your town so you will get them randomly. Don't you DARE criticize my villagers because you think they aren't popular enough to be seen.

 

[Ebony Claws]

I've stopped caring about the tiers because I don't find them very trustworthy. A single person wrote it by looking at people's signatures. It's not like multiple people were polled on their favorites. Heck, you can't even suggest a villager move up if you like them even if you show no obvious signs of bias. It's pretty stupid in my opinion.

So basically, no I'm not "embarrassed" for having villagers that, according to one guy, aren't good enough.

 

[Jarrad]

Why on earth would anybody be embarrassed by what villagers they have in their animal crossing town? This is one of the silliest questions I've seen on this forum! (silly, but it doesn't surprise me).

 

[Lepidoptera]

Nope. Bones, Melba, Deli, Katt, and Moe are some of my favorite villagers. Why should you be embarrassed by villagers you like?

 

[Peridot]

Almost all of my villagers are low tiered, and I'm perfectly fine with it. I like all of them except for Flo, but she's moving out anyways. I have Puck too, and he definitely isn't one of my favorite villagers, but he's nice.

 

[FriendlyVillager]

I have to wonder if tc is embarassed by least popular villagers, how do you treat people in school? ( assuming that you are school age ).Would you be embarassed to be caught talking to someone who isn't popular? I hope not, because lifes tough enough as it is.Especially for some teens.

IRL popularity is very important and ppl with the same popularity level hang out together. I didn't make up this rule, that's just how life works. In my school all the popular kids hang out with other popular kids in a clique, and the un-popular people hang out together. Since I am unpopular, I hang out with other unpopular ppl as is expected of me by society.

Another example is celebrities. Celebrities always marry other rich, famous and successful people. A weathly and successful person will never hang out with poor ppl.

So to answer your question: YES, if I was popular in school, then I would be embarrased talking to an un-popular person for no reason. The only time popular people talk to normal joes is if they need something from us (like cook their food or drive them somewhere)

Why on earth would anybody be embarrassed by what villagers they have in their animal crossing town? This is one of the silliest questions I've seen on this forum! (silly, but it doesn't surprise me).

Um .... cuz I care about creating a good town? You might as well ask "Why do people care about wearing nice clothes". Ppl want to look nice to other people. In the same way I want my town to be impressive to other people who visit it

 

[likeacliche]

Well, my villagers.. quite a few are high tier. Not cause of popularity, but because of looks. I have the fabulous Julian because, I mean come on, he's a unicorn and I love unicorns. And then there's adorable Marshal, cute Marina, exotic Ankha, pretty Whitney, cheerful Chrissy... but then what about Fuchsia? I only took her because she was the most appealing to me of the uchi group and I'd already had Phoebe once. But she's grown on me and I like her a lot now.

And then there's grumpy Lobo who I decided to take over getting Fang again because I liked how he looked. I'm hoping to find Snake soon and oh my gosh can't wait to get sweet little Joey back in my town. He's so hard to find though because people tend to automatically void him.

Before I restarted my town I had villagers like Rod and Jay and Mint and I love all three of them. Heck I had Mint in the GC Animal Crossing and have liked her since. I may get her back if I ever decide to let Whitney go, but until then I will miss her. I also had Katt... she was.. interesting. I didn't like that I was stuck with her in my town at first cause I didn't like how she looked at all, but then she grew on me and I decided to keep her around longer before letting her go to make room for a dreamy.

Really it's all personal preference and you don't need to be embarrassed because you like the lower tier villagers. A lot of the cute villagers ARE lower tier. Just look at cutie patootie Joey. How can he be so low in popularity. Love who you want and don't give them up just cause of tier or because others may think them ugly or something

EDIT;; why yes, I do realize how many times I mentioned looks. I suppose that was the wrong word choice. To make it short I like who I like and not for popularity reasons. I couldn't care less if they were popular or even if they were ugly so long as I liked them.

 

[Melgogs]

IRL popularity is very important and ppl with the same popularity level hang out together. I didn't make up this rule, that's just how life works. In my school all the popular kids hang out with other popular kids in a clique, and the un-popular people hang out together. Since I am unpopular, I hang out with other unpopular ppl as is expected of me by society.

Another example is celebrities. Celebrities always marry other rich, famous and successful people. A weathly and successful person will never hang out with poor ppl.

So to answer your question: YES, if I was popular in school, then I would be embarrased talking to an un-popular person for no reason. The only time popular people talk to normal joes is if they need something from us (like cook their food or drive them somewhere)





Um .... cuz I care about creating a good town? You might as well ask "Why do people care about wearing nice clothes". Ppl want to look nice to other people. In the same way I want my town to be impressive to other people who visit it

Hmm, I think low tier villager can pretty impressive in towns too, considering how popular villagers are now extremely common so seeing some low tiers in dream towns just makes a town pretty special and helps make it memorable in my opinion. I have nothing against popular villagers tho and have a few of my own but yeah, they ARE pretty common.

 

[Zulehan]

Hey, does anyone here feel embarassed about having low-tier villagers in their town?

I have Puck in my town and I think he's a nice guy, I've talked to him a lot. But recently I learned he is in the lowest tier, so i want to get rid of him but I feel really bad getting rid of him just because he's not popular

Puck is adorable.

Not sure why there should be embarrassment unless he is saying inappropriate things like a possessed character.

 

[Carina]

I adopted Greta yesterday and I absolutely love her! No matter if she's a low tier or not.
I don't really have dreamies, but most of my favourite villagers are in the lower tiers. A villager I really want to have in my town would be Nana, who is also in the lowest tier.

 

[regigiygas]

in my main town, nearly every villager is top tier.

however, in both of my side towns, I have quite a few "unpopular" villagers.

Sally, Opal, Agnes, Celia, Mira

and I used have Pudge and Peaches in my main town, as well as Biff

and I loved hem to pieces ; v;

(just so happens that my dreamies/villagers that I have are popular. But I love them all.

I dont see a reason to be embarrassed :3

 

[TheGreatBrain]

Friendly villager-I am well aware how popularity works.lol.But I also know that not everyone thinks that way.Sure, birds of a feather flock together, but to be embarrassed to talk to someone who is not in your group is ridiculous.Theres the popular kids who are stuck up and shallow and the ones who smile and and talk to everyone.These kids are usually chosen for student councel, prom queen, etc, lol.Because even the unpopular kids vote for them.After reading everyones posts, I think it's safe to say that most are not embarrassed by their non popular villagers.THANK GOODNESS.

 

[KaptenK]

IRL popularity is very important and ppl with the same popularity level hang out together. I didn't make up this rule, that's just how life works. In my school all the popular kids hang out with other popular kids in a clique, and the un-popular people hang out together. Since I am unpopular, I hang out with other unpopular ppl as is expected of me by society.

Another example is celebrities. Celebrities always marry other rich, famous and successful people. A weathly and successful person will never hang out with poor ppl.

So to answer your question: YES, if I was popular in school, then I would be embarrased talking to an un-popular person for no reason. The only time popular people talk to normal joes is if they need something from us (like cook their food or drive them somewhere)

I'll just have to step in here.
A person does not choose to be "un-popular". It is a mark given to a person that some people (the popular ones) that for some reason think they are better than others. It is actually not their place to give these marks, and it should not be encouraged. If they feel uncomfortable to speak with a person who is in another popularity group than themselves, it is not because they are popular - it is because they are jerks with a poor view on other human beings. The popularity norm is not something we should strive to achieve, if you ask me, since it groups humans into different social classes - with different value - and the saddest part is that the people in these classes are told that they somehow are different than the people in other classes. Way to establish social borders between human beings <3

In animal crossing, i think it is OK to group the villagers into popularity groups, since they are objects - pixels on a screen. It's a matter of economics, or supply and demand. To do so with humans is inhuman, since they should not be viewed as objects.

Edit: what I'm actually is trying to say is that you should not be ashamed to talk to anyone, even less to have unpopular villagers in your town. If someone thinks you are doing wrong, it is not you who are to blame. They are just jerks who thinks that "popular" means "better" when it actually means nothing but that other people likes them. Which means nothing really, since what you have to think about is what you want and what kind of people you want to talk to, since it's your life. Same goes with villagers in AC, really.

 

[Hoppy~Shnell]

My town is 100% Tier 5! I think Tier 5 villagers make your town original, because everybody has Merengue, Marshal, Stitches, etc. and then visiting towns gets boring, seeing the same villagers over and over and over again! (I'm looking at you, Phoebe!!!)​