I've seen someone who had visited their friend that had voided Fang, or something. Can't really remember. Now, that person had voided Fang like, 6 months prior. As in, they weren't really cycling that much, so Fang was still in the pool. The visitor then received Fang a day or so later, even though he'd been waiting in the void for six months.
Thank you! This answers my original question.
However, I've seen someone who had visited a cycle town that had 25+ in their void, and from it they received a villager who had been the second of all of them to move out. So, does the void really follow the 16-villager cycle rule? I heard that the data for the void and for main street are stored separately. I'll edit with a quote once I find the post again.
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"i always thought it was 16 villagers, because of the cycle (8 on main street, 8 in the void who'll move to main street once a main street villager leaves). something like that, anyway.
but yesterday, a friend whose town i visited told me she had gotten one of my old villagers. i'm currently cycling to get some villagers back and to control who appears on my main street, so i keep a list of every villager i've cycled.
the villager this friend got, was #2 since i started cycling. the last villager that left my town was #25 on my list. that's waaay over 16 villagers ago? is it because this was the first time i played online since i started cycling, so she got one of the first villagers i cycled out?" -moonrevenge@GameFAQs (3/20/14)
"Yep. The voided pool works like this.
The villagers on main street will stay there even if they are no longer in your pool. That information is stored in two different places. Just because you see a villager on main street doesn't mean they're in your voided villagers pool that can be passed to other people. That's just a way for you to see who you've moved out of your village." -Aura_4_Life@GameFAQs (3/20/14)
Gah, this feature is really hard to wrap my head around. :c I just really want to understand it so I don't risk unwanted move-ins. Too bad AC isn't as popular as Pokemon, so there are no in-depth guides for random wifi void move-ins like there are for IVs and EVs.
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Say Person A has a full town of 10, and Lobo, Kitty, and Goldie in the void.
Person A then connects with Person B, who has Roscoe, Tiffany, and Rocket in the void.
Person A receives Tiffany's data from Person B, while Person B receives Goldie's data from Person A.
Does the data for the other four villagers (Lobo/Kitty/Roscoe/Rocket):
- Disappear forever.
- Or stay latent in their games, waiting to be transferred to someone else.
Are there tests to prove this?
The next day, Goldie moves into Person B's town. A week later, Chrissy moves out.
This puts Chrissy in Person B's void, assuming no one has come in and adopted her.
Person A and Person B connect again. Person A still has a full town, with Tiffany in the "received pool".
Will Person A get Chrissy's data?
Assuming that Person A does indeed receive the data for Person B's voided Chrissy, this would mean that Person A would now have both Tiffany and Chrissy from Person B's town in their received pool.
Say they keep their town at 10 villagers for half a year, then finally lets one move out. Assuming they don't invite anyone in from another town or their campsite, there is the possibility of either Tiffany or Chrissy moving in, correct?
