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You certainly can run the MBP with the charger connected even with the battery disconnected. I do not recommend that because the OSX will throttle the CPU and performance will be degraded.

Wohl wrote:

I ask because once I load Steam and install a game, I can only play for about 45 minutes, while plugged in with the original 85W adapter, before the battery is at 5%.

Is this normal behavior for this laptop?

What ever you are running must be a serious resource hog. In rare situations, when the charger is connected but additional electrical resources are required, the battery is tapped to make up the difference. This may be what is happening.

Try a SMC reset and see if there is a difference:

Macs have never had a good reputation as game machines.

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