Oh. I must have misunderstood the description of the gifting process and, as a result, became a little frustrated and indignant. Thank you for clearing that up. Thank you for clearing that up.
Unless I am misunderstanding the gifting process, it seems that this "gift" is a timed demo. The main thing I'm trying to say is that since I bought 2 copies of HL2, I should be run them independently with 2 separate accounts. If both copies of HL2 are under the same user account name (as was...
Soon after HL2 came out, I bought it and set up an account. I added Episode 1 to that account when that came out. So, I figured that if I bought the Orange Box and installed it, I would be able to give my old copy of HL2 and account info to a friend and keep the Orange box with a new acount...