I remember starting in 2002, and while doing the vampire slayer quest, I kept dying and couldn't kill him. A man named WarpedJoker, a 30 yr old guy at the time, who was more experienced (he was level 54 combat which was pretty strong back then) helped me step by step and even stood there encouraging me while I killed the vampire. He then taught me how to make money by mining coal and turning them into coal certs (certs = certificates that contained 5 coals) and selling each cert for 1k each. I remember finally getting my first rune 2 hander for 55k and was so happy.
Sadly, WarpedJoker quit the game in mid 2003 and I never saw him again. I kept him on my friends list and up until I got perma-banned in 2009 for botting, he was the name I saw at the very top. BTW -- he literally had 8 santa hats in his inventory which he bought for 250k each LOL.
If you are around WarpedJoker, I have quit the game for good like you and I'm focusing on real life stuff. Good luck with the wife and kids!
edit: OOPs I misread the first post. Oh well.