Um...what just happened

[Jay]

The most annoying thing just happened...Im waiting for someone to give me Beau and I have had 9 villagers..all of a sudden I see a plot and Clay out of nowhere is trying to move in? Now I have to start TT hard to get him out omg

 

[Wondrous]

You had 9 villagers already, not including Clay? ..wtf.

Maybe you talked to him from a friends town while he was packing up, or maybe got him from the campsite? if not, gee, i dunno. o.o

das weird.

 

[CHR:)S]

How does one specifically get someone out though? What if other villagers move? Pls inform me on how to do this

 

[Wondrous]

^ Apparently the easiest way is to introduce yourself to the villager, and not talk to them again for about a week. then, they'll run up to you and be all 'i wanna mooooveeeee'

...yeah i think that's about right.

 

[Jedo]

Well unless you invited someone from your campsite or have been visiting any friend's town's lately I have no clue.

 

[mooferz]

Did you recently visit someone's town? They may have had Clay move out recently and he managed to get passed on to you. I know I went to someone's town pick up a villager and moments later they got Pashmina who just moved out of my town.

 

[Sheepish]

Did you meet someone via StreetPass? Villagers can move into your 10th spot that way.
I've also heard that villagers can move in from the town of someone who visited you/who you visited if they didn't decide where they were going to (i.e. no one talked to them).

Either way, if you talk to them, they'll probably tell you where they're from.

The same thing happened to me, too; when my 10th villager left, Nate moved in the day after. I matched the town/mayor name he talks about to someone I StreetPassed.

 

[Jay]

Well isnt this a lovely surprise...he decided to grace his presence and place his house specifically where I wanted to put my police station! Not only that, turns out he came from the town Im supposed to get Beau from..so much irony and Im so mad

 

[RisingSun]

I got my tenth the first time from my son's town, although I am sure I did not talk to her and didn't the day she moved. I could have street passed with him that day, though.

 

[Jay]

^Really? Not even sure how streetpass works but oh well...Better get him to move now

 

[poliwag0]

Aww you must've streetpassed someone when a villager was moving out. d:

 

[barronn30]

Hmm I wonder:
If you started the day with a new character, and find no plot - then save.
Is it possible to override the streetpass/wi-fi villager that is suppose to move in?
So in your case - if Clay was suppose to move in but you started the day by resetting until a day with no plot, would you be able to get Beau and override Clay's urge to move in?

Just wondering if anyone tested this - might be helpful to avoid future problems like this for everyone.

 

[duzell]

Did someone visit your town that has a villager that was packed up in theirs? I know I received Hamlet from someone who had visited me while I have never visited his town nor spoken to Hamlet.

 

[Jay]

Out of all hamsters why Clay Could've gave me a better looking one like Hamlet or Graham but no...I get the WWE Hamster </3

 

[Fabs123]

8I!! ignore clay!! show him he is not welcomed!

 

[Andi-Infinity]

Actually, I believe ignoring them and abusing them (through hitting them with nets and pushing them) doesn't do a thing for this.
Getting a villager to move can be challenging, because it's their choice, and there's no way to speed it up.
Once in a while, you will get a villager to notice you and run up to you to ask whether or not they should move. If a villager that you don't want to move asks you, choose the option to keep them / prevent them from moving. The very next day, another villager should notice you and ask the same question. Each day, it should cycle through your list of villagers (i.e. Pinky asked you if she should move two days ago. Claude asked you if he should move yesterday. Frobert asked you if he should move today... and so on)
In my experience, that's how it works. Remember, even villagers you are best friends with might want to move away at some point, so the attention you pay them is irrelevant.

 

[Fabs123]

Actually, I believe ignoring them and abusing them (through hitting them with nets and pushing them) doesn't do a thing for this.
Getting a villager to move can be challenging, because it's their choice, and there's no way to speed it up.
Once in a while, you will get a villager to notice you and run up to you to ask whether or not they should move. If a villager that you don't want to move asks you, choose the option to keep them / prevent them from moving. The very next day, another villager should notice you and ask the same question. Each day, it should cycle through your list of villagers (i.e. Pinky asked you if she should move two days ago. Claude asked you if he should move yesterday. Frobert asked you if he should move today... and so on)
In my experience, that's how it works. Remember, even villagers you are best friends with might want to move away at some point, so the attention you pay them is irrelevant.

well it must have some sort of mechanism, some villagers ask to move way more often than others (muffy, bam and skye try to move out all the time in my town... and those 3 are banned from ever eveeer moving) while julian hasnt asked even once

 

[Ponyu]

The exact same thing happened to me today I was supposed to get Erik as my 10th villager and I talked to him on the day he moved out of my friend's town (and he said he would come!), but instead I got Butch! :< Butch also came from the same town, and apparently, he moved shortly before Erik. Arrrgggh. I just wonder, will Erik (and in your case, Beau) still be "waiting" to move in once we get a new free slot? Will they still be scheduled to move in?

I even managed to get the new plot (which I though was Erik's - I should have read the sign...) in the exact spot where I wanted it, right next to my house. So now I have Butch there and pretend he's my stupid-aggressive watchdog. Please move, Butch...

 

[Robert Plant]

It sometimes happens when going to a friend's town.

You want X villager, but you get Y villager instead of X villager.

It's so frustrating.

 

[Andi-Infinity]

well it must have some sort of mechanism, some villagers ask to move way more often than others (muffy, bam and skye try to move out all the time in my town... and those 3 are banned from ever eveeer moving) while julian hasnt asked even once

I still believe it's pure chance. Just because the same villagers have asked multiple times while others haven't doesn't necessarily rule that out. Although I do believe that if you tell the villager not to move, there's a decently high chance that another (or the same) villager will ask to move the next day.