Since i came back to the game i've been playing in RS3 but when i tried to log in today on my same account in old school runescape it had me create a new character and started me off on tutorial island. Do i pretty much have to start over now in old school runescape? If i had logged in to old school runescape originally instead of RS3 would it have kept my account as it was?

Do i pretty much have to start over now in old school runescape?

Yup, everyone starts fresh on OSRS regardless of your RS3 character.

 

If i had logged in to old school runescape originally instead of RS3 would it have kept my account as it was?

Nope, RS3 and OSRS are two separate games, as such are not affected by each other. (The only thing tied to both games are your display name and membership)

Thanks i didn't realize they were separate games and i figured since my account was from old school that i could still use it there too.

Just to clarify your account is NOT originally from old school regardless of how old it is.

 

Runescape the main game was developed from RSc to Rs2 to the current Rs3 and all the accounts followed with that main game.

OSRS is an entirely separate game released in 2013 using a 2007 back-up of the game that absolutely no-one has an account for until they create one by logging in.