Oh, that Call of Duty, it’s a real head-scratcher, ain’t it? My grandson, he’s always on that thing. Now, he’s yellin’ ’cause he can’t play with his buddies. Something about different versions. Lordy, I don’t know what that means.
He says, “Grandma, I just got this update, a whole gigabyte, whatever that is!” Now he can’t join friends, or something like that. Makes no sense. Back in my day, we played with sticks and stones. This Call of Duty, it’s a different beast. Says, “Join failed because you are on a different version.” Well, who knew there were different kinds of this game? Seems silly to me. Why can’t they all just be the same?
My grandson, he tried a bunch of things. Said he closed the game, then opened it again. Then he checked for some update thing. I told him, “Just hit it a few times, that usually fixes things!” He didn’t listen, of course. Young folks these days, they don’t know a thing. Always got their faces glued to those screens.
He says he gotta check the bottom right of the screen. Says there’s some number there. I said, “What’s a number gonna do?” He says it’s the version. He’s probably looking at the Warzone Season 1 update. But I saw he couldn’t play with friends due to that different version issue. Whatever that means, like I said, I don’t even know what is Warzone Season 1. He said he doesn’t have the automatic thingy. Automatic what? Who knows. Said he overlooked something called a Warzone Season 1 update. I swear, these games, they’re more trouble than they’re worth.
He also says he might have missed an update. That’s probably it. These updates, they come out of nowhere. One minute you’re playin’, the next you can’t do nothin’. He’s got to be able to join friends. It’s all very confusing, this Call of Duty.
- Close that game and open it again.
- See if there’s one of them update thingamajigs.
- Check that number on the bottom right.
- Turn on that automatic update thingy.
If you don’t find the update, you can do some kind of scan, he tells me. I don’t know how to do that. But he figured it out. This Call of Duty, it’s got all sorts of hidden things. They don’t make it easy, do they?
He was fiddlin’ with it for a while. Said he had to “force” something. Force what, I don’t know. He’s always forcin’ things. “Force your system to scan the game’s files,” he says. Fancy words for “mess around with it until it works.” I told him, “Just leave it alone, it’ll fix itself.” But he wouldn’t listen.
Sometimes, just turning it off and on again does the trick. That’s what I always say. “Shutting down the game and relaunching it,” that’s what he called it. Same thing, really. It’s always the different version issue.
He’s been at it for hours now, trying to fix this Call of Duty. “Join failed because you are on a different version,” he keeps muttering. It’s like a chant or something. He really wants to play with his friends, I guess. It’s all about join friends these days.
I told him, “Why don’t you just go outside and play? Get some fresh air.” He just looked at me like I was crazy. These kids today, they wouldn’t know fresh air if it hit them in the face. They’re all about this Call of Duty and these different versions.
Well, he finally got it working. Don’t ask me how. He started yelling and cheering, so I guess he figured it out. Something about an update and a version. I don’t know. I just know it’s loud. And he’s happy. So that’s something, I guess. Now he can join friends again. Thank goodness.
This whole Call of Duty thing, it’s a mystery to me. But as long as he’s happy, I suppose it’s all right. Just wish it wasn’t so complicated. And loud. Oh, so loud. These different versions, they’re a real pain. But hey, what do I know? I’m just an old lady who doesn’t understand these newfangled games. If you see a message that says “Join failed because you are on a different version“, it may be related to Warzone Season 1 update. You can try the things above. Just remember to turn it off and on again. That usually works. Usually.
