in my opinion a social player is someone that like many have already said, can manage to play a few hrs a day and some on the weekends. the problem now, is that most other hardcore (no-life-moneywasters) are so far ahead in the hero/troop/resource department that if you try to be a social player, you are inevitably going to start losing cities and heroes, thus permanently ending(in most cases) your evony addiction. social players are a dying breed nowadays because of the people that are retired and dont have anything better to spend money on(for God knows what reason...) plus the people that just waste<---w a s t e their lives on here all day everyday. its a pointless battle. until evony comes up with a player-chosen solution. which we all know will never happen.