Code not working... again :P

Question

This is my 'paddle' game. You bounce a ball around the around the screen, and it's all working. I'm on the final part, which is what happens when you miss the ball (it goes off the left side of the screen). I'd like to print out a message to the middle of my screen saying "Press R to Reset", while the ball is not anywhere to be seen on the screen (is there a way I can get it to stop moving? my method right now is just to place it far away off screen, which just doesn't seem very professional to me). I made an if statement that should control this, but it's not working (when the you miss the ball, it disappears but nothing prints to the screen, and pressing R doesn't do anything either ) .
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This is all written in an applet.
This is my code:
int width, height, x, ypaddle, xball = 1, yball = 1, xctrl = 1, yctrl = 1, speed = 5, scorekeeper = 0, startkeeper = 0, keykeeper;
    Graphics g;
    String startagain;
    char move;
    Thread run;
    private Random random = new Random ();
    int ballstart = random.nextInt (400);
     *Initializes variables
    public void init ()
        resize (700, 500);
        setBackground (Color.white);
        addKeyListener (this);
        addMouseListener (this);
        addMouseMotionListener (this);
        run = new Thread (this);
        run.start ();
        startagain = "To Reset Press R";
        xball = ballstart;
        yball = ballstart;
    public void run ()
        while (true)
            try
                run.sleep (50);
                if (xctrl == 1 && startkeeper == 0)
                    xball = xball + speed;
                if (yctrl == 1 && startkeeper == 0)
                    yball = yball + speed;
                if (xctrl == 0 && startkeeper == 0)
                    xball = xball - speed;
                if (yctrl == 0 && startkeeper == 0)
                    yball = yball - speed;
                if (xball + 50 >= 660 && startkeeper == 0)
                    xball = xball - speed;
                    xctrl = 0;
                if ((xball + 50) < 15 && yball <= ypaddle + 50 && yball >= ypaddle - 70 && startkeeper == 0)
                    xball = xball + speed;
                    xctrl = 1;
                if (yball + 50 >= 460 && startkeeper == 0)
                    yball = yball - speed;
                    yctrl = 0;
                if (yball + 50 <= 35 && startkeeper == 0)
                    yball = yball + speed;
                    yctrl = 1;
//PROBLEM BELOW
                if (xball + 50 <= 0 && startkeeper == 0)
                    if (xball + 50 <= 0)
                        yball = -100;
                        xball = -100;
                        repaint ();
                        g.drawString (startagain, 300, 300);
                    if (xball + 50 <= 0 && startkeeper == 1)
                        scorekeeper = scorekeeper + 1;
                        xball = ballstart;
                        yball = ballstart;
                        startkeeper = 0;
                repaint ();
            catch (Exception e)
    public void keyPressed (KeyEvent e)
        keykeeper = e.getKeyChar ();
        if (keykeeper == 'r')
            startkeeper = 1;
            keykeeper = 'x';
    }

Answer 1

For a public Usenet forum, most readers will stop reading by 20Kb, and start complaining at 30Kb.
lol, I have a long way to go before i make programs that big :P
By incompatible snippet, do you mean I should post the whole thing? Here it is:
// The "Ping" class.
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.Random;
*Ping
*@author Lenny
public class Ping extends Applet
    implements KeyListener, MouseListener, MouseMotionListener, Runnable
    int width, height, x, ypaddle, xball = 1, yball = 1, xctrl = 1, yctrl = 1, speed = 5, scorekeeper = 0, startkeeper = 0, keykeeper;
    Graphics g;
    String startagain;
    char move;
    Thread run;
    private Random random = new Random ();
    int ballstart = random.nextInt (400);
     *Initializes variables
    public void init ()
        resize (700, 500);
        setBackground (Color.white);
        addKeyListener (this);
        addMouseListener (this);
        addMouseMotionListener (this);
        run = new Thread (this);
        run.start ();
        startagain = "To Reset Press R";
        xball = ballstart;
        yball = ballstart;
    public void run ()
        while (true)
            try
                run.sleep (50);
                if (xctrl == 1 && startkeeper == 0)
                    xball = xball + speed;
                if (yctrl == 1 && startkeeper == 0)
                    yball = yball + speed;
                if (xctrl == 0 && startkeeper == 0)
                    xball = xball - speed;
                if (yctrl == 0 && startkeeper == 0)
                    yball = yball - speed;
                if (xball + 50 >= 660 && startkeeper == 0)
                    xball = xball - speed;
                    xctrl = 0;
                if ((xball + 50) < 15 && yball <= ypaddle + 50 && yball >= ypaddle - 70 && startkeeper == 0)
                    xball = xball + speed;
                    xctrl = 1;
                if (yball + 50 >= 460 && startkeeper == 0)
                    yball = yball - speed;
                    yctrl = 0;
                if (yball + 50 <= 35 && startkeeper == 0)
                    yball = yball + speed;
                    yctrl = 1;
//PROBLEM HERE
                if (xball + 50 <= 0 && startkeeper == 0)
                    if (xball + 50 <= 0)
                        yball = -100;
                        xball = -100;
                        repaint ();
                        g.drawString (startagain, 300, 300);
                    if (xball + 50 <= 0 && startkeeper == 1)
                        scorekeeper = scorekeeper + 1;
                        xball = ballstart;
                        yball = ballstart;
                        startkeeper = 0;
                repaint ();
            catch (Exception e)
    public void keyPressed (KeyEvent e)
        keykeeper = e.getKeyChar ();
        if (keykeeper == 'r')
            startkeeper = 1;
            keykeeper = 'x';
    public void keyReleased (KeyEvent e)
    public void keyTyped (KeyEvent e)
    public void mouseEntered (MouseEvent e)
    public void mouseExited (MouseEvent e)
    public void mousePressed (MouseEvent e)
    public void mouseReleased (MouseEvent e)
    public void mouseClicked (MouseEvent e)
    public void mouseMoved (MouseEvent e)
        ypaddle = e.getY ();
        repaint ();
    public void mouseDragged (MouseEvent e)
    public void paint (Graphics g)
        paddle (g, ypaddle);
        walls (g);
        //enemies (g);
        ball (g);
     * Creates the paddle for hitting the ball
     *@param    y   value used to move the paddle vertically
    public void paddle (Graphics g, int y)
        g.fillRect (10, y - 25, 15, 70);
     *Creates the walls for the ball to bounce off of.
    public void walls (Graphics g)
        g.setColor (Color.yellow);
        g.fillRect (25, 10, 675, 25);
        g.setColor (Color.red);
        g.fillRect (675, 10, 25, 475);
        g.setColor (Color.cyan);
        g.fillRect (25, 475, 675, 25);
     *Creates the enemies to avoid.
    public void enemies (Graphics g)
        int place1 = random.nextInt (1000);
        int place1a = random.nextInt (1000);
        int place2 = random.nextInt (1000);
        int place2a = random.nextInt (1000);
        g.setColor (Color.black);
        g.fillOval (place1, place1a, 10, 10);
    public void ball (Graphics g)
        g.setColor (Color.black);
        g.fillRect (xball + 50, yball + 50, 20, 20);
        g.setColor (Color.white);
        g.fillRect (xball + 53, yball + 55, 5, 5);
        g.fillRect (xball + 63, yball + 55, 5, 5);
        g.fillRect (xball + 56, yball + 63, 9, 5);
} // Ping classEdited by: soundweave on Jan 16, 2010 7:54 PM