This helmet means a lot to me.
I've recently picked up Old School Runescape after watching videos on it, and it stirred up the old nostalgia bones because I have very fond memories of playing it back in secondary school between 2007 and 2011.
I was never a high end quester back then, my combat level never left the 60s and my members quest log was sparse. I just loved the vibes of the game and just kind of walked around here and there, levelling up skills whenever I felt like it and just enjoying the adventure. I didn't have a PC of my own, so the only time I could play RuneScape was when I went up my Dad's house on weekends and spend a good few hours from the afternoon to evening having fun on the game.
One of the most vivid RS memories I have is from this one weekend where I got to Rellekka and began the Fremenik trials questline. I spent hours on this quest, because it felt like there was so much I had to do. Even with my handy RuneHQ guide alongside me, this was a multi-hour epic that had me playing well into the early hours of the morning, I guess my dad didn't really have any qualms about me staying up... Either that or I snuck back downstairs, that part is a bit fuzzy for me, heh. Anyway, the reward for my efforts was the ability to buy the Fremenik helmets which were the coolest fucking thing I'd ever seen in the game at the time. I get to look like a fantasy viking-barbarian-warrior-dude? HELL YES. I never took it off because of how cool it looked.
It was a symbol of the (to me) dedication I'd put into doing an all-nighter and being rewarded with looking absolutely baller as fuck.
When I started fresh OSRS I saw players running around in all sorts of new outfits that I'd never seen before and I think must have been added in as new content. I rarely see people wearing the Fremenik stuff, but that's okay because it's most definitely outclassed by better stuff. After a few days of playing, I completed the Fremenik trials again last night and am once again sporting my absolutely bitchin' Berserker Helm, hell yeah. This bad boy ain't coming off unless I actually need better gear to fight something. Not many people wear it nowadays so consider me the helmets number one fan.
Just wanted to share that because it was like reclaiming a significant gaming achievement of my childhood. Not exactly impressive in the grand scheme of OSRS with all its high end stuff, but if you're a fan of these helmets lemme know. We'll be a club.