I'm going to stick my neck out here... haters will hate underneath.
If you want the hardcore start from scratch, no ports, no help... the only place to find that is on the P99 PvP server (R99, Red 99, P99 Red etc). The population is lower, you won't find too many twinked up characters - although there are a few that will log in on well geared alts to kill you because they're not very good at PvP and need that "win" feeling by stomping ungeared people of the same level.
Blue is twinked to hell, inflation is rampant (according to the forums at least). I was a server jumper on Live - new server? I moved! I hated the twinks - started on Prexus, moved to Lanys when it came up, Luclin, Tholuxe, and onto the EU servers when we got our own (Antonius Bayle, then onto Venril Sathir).
If the red server really isn't your thing, I would say try to ignore what's going on around you and play as if you've been given nothing in terms of help or financial assistance
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