Sterling (who is my absolute favorite) was one of my starting villagers- although I did happen to get Tangy, another favorite villager of mine without resetting!
When I first started the game, I thought everyone started with the same villagers lolol
But then I watched a youtube play through and eventually realized that everyone had random villagers.
I was very fortunate to have Skye, Ruby, Purrl, and Jeremiah as my starters ! * u *
( I also got Flip, but I dont like monkeys ; A ; )
I only wanted one smug villager, but then today out of no where Julian plopped his house next to Marshal! I feel really, really lucky.
I tried resetting for a good villager about two weeks ago, before either of them (Marshal & Julian) moved in, and I couldn't for the life of me get the villager I wanted (Rosie) despite all of the villagers spawning being peppy, so clearly the Animal Crossing gods are sending me a sign that I should stop trying and to let fate decide.