I have to give it to Paladin for one story:
I bought the game about 6 months after it launched, and had played for about 3 months. I had joined SG after SG just to have each one fail and become a ghost town, sometimes within hours. This being my first MMO and not even being able to find anyone good to play with I was growing bored of the game, and decided to give it one last shot on a totally different server (Guardian). I rolled a character and put in that I was looking for a good active SG, and was invited to tag along with a group called the Concrete Gurus while they waited for a Paladin event to start so they could get the badge. I didnt know what this was, but figured why not and we split into teams camping each of the spawn points (no one realizing at the time that this would prevent the start of the event if we were too close) and hung out talking for over 3 hours. This lead to me being made an honorary member of the SG and after a month of teaming with the members being officially invited to the group, my first good SG/guild like thing in any MMO. Looking back the trial period I went through before even getting an invite seems strange compared to how most people play now, but I kind of miss that amount of thought that was put into SGs. We were friends, we were a team, and it lead to some of the best friendships of my life.
Jack in Irons was always amusing, but Paladin will always hold a special place in my heart.
/end sappiness