Hey Ben!
In my experience, there are two different types of "social game" that most people tend to believe in either one type or another. I actually believe in both. First, allow me to explain what the both types are.
Social game strategy wise: This is the type of social game where
1. You are able to get enough votes together to achieve majority during an eviction.
2. Being able to keep yourself off the block or at least making it extremely difficult for people to convince others to put yourself on the block.
3. Being able to influence people in how they nominate, who to go after, etc.
4. Being able to survive the votes during eviction night.
This list can go on, but I think you got the point.
Social Game bonding wise: This is the type of social game where
1. You are able to talk in long length about your personal life, and able to get people to talk in long length back.
2. You are able to make people want to talk to you, and enjoy having your company.
3. You generally talk to people a whole lot more than others, you are generally more involved with alliances.
4. You are generally well liked in the house, where other people actually like the same person as you do.
I think you also get the idea of this type by now.
When I first started out in ORGs, I actually believed in the first type of social game I mention, and I always believed I had rather strong social game of this type. It wasn't until after playing multiple ORGs where I came to learn that many people actually disagree with me. I know some people agree with me, but a lot of people believe in the second type of social game I mentioned. I somewhat believe that I was rather weak in this type of social game.
I grew to adapt that people need to be strong in BOTH types of social game. I do generally believe I have a rather strong social game-strategy wise, but a rather weak social game-bonding wise compared to the majority of the jury. The primary reason I said that I had a weak social game was that I was comparing myself to most of the jury which had probably one of the best social game-bonding wise in the ORG history, where as I am just above average.
I hope this helped!