Time to tl;dr again whoops
Didn't know people can give away their villagers to other people. Wow. There's so much to these games I don't know yet. (Like I have no clue what Sammi is talking about. I know TT is time-traveling though.)
Today , I had a villager move out for the first time: Biskit. Really didn't care for him much though so it's fine. Just waiting to see who replaces him. I have Biff, Tom, Maple, Victoria, Bree, Tiffany, Cherry and Bubbles.
Would you like a translation? :p
Pinging is when a villager makes a surprised emoticon and comes running up to you. It makes a "ping" sound when it happens, hence the name. You've likely had it happen to you before. If Biskit told you he was moving, he would've pinged you to do it. It's also the only way you can get Public Works Projects from villagers.
Chances are most pings are about something else though (catchphrase/greeting changes or stupid questions like "what kind of animal would I be??" -_-;). The better friends you are with someone, the more likely they are to want to talk to you. So much so, your BFF might ask you a stupid question, which would overwrite someone's ping about wanting to leave town.
That's why some of us talk to villagers a ton. If someone wants to move, another villager will say "I heard that [X] is going to leave town" at some point. From there, you can reload your game and get them to tell you they're leaving.
The last time I was careless, I was TTing like 5 days ahead at a time because I wanted to get my game back to present-day time, and that's how I lost Ankha. :c
Just FYI, if you ever get behind again: I hear that if you tell someone to not move, you can safely TT as far ahead as you want the next load. I guess the game needs another load to decide if someone's leaving or not. So if you turn down someone and your next load is days/months ahead, no one will have a chance to decide to leave in that time.
I haven't personally tested it in my main town, but I've seen multiple people confirm it.
Juno... again said:
I haven't played AC in like a week - the last I played I suddenly got this error message about my SD card being undetected, has that happened to anyone else before? I just kinda stopped playing after that because I was afraid it would happen again, but I should probably look into it.
I think I had that happen to me once, but nothing bad happened, and it never happened again.
If you have a physical copy, you should be in the clear. All of the important stuff is stored on the cart. SD card I think just keeps Streetpass/Spotpass stuff. I don't know what to tell you if it's digital, though.
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As for my lineup, I'm sitting at Keaton, Henry, Lily, Lolly, Rudy, Papi, Diana, Octavian, and Phoebe. Still on the hunt for a new peppy... all of the sudden, there are like NO peppy villagers for adoption. idgi.