Slick2D game launches then immediately closes - java

I've been working with Slick2D and Kryonet to create a pretty basic multi-player RPG. While the server portion and database have been literally just plug and play it seems I'm having trouble with the graphics. Essentially when launch the client I connect to the server just fine, upon a successful connection the actual Game launches. There is no error in particular but it launches to a black screen very briefly before terminating the client.
I was having trouble getting the code to format properly so below is a link to pastebin that contains the code. There are no errors thrown or anything along those lines so I'm not 100% sure what to look for.
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I have an applet packaged with a third part dll (from JTwain). My applet scans documents from the TWAIN compatible default printer. The applet fails on a paper jam and won't recover. The user navigates away from the page and the applet is destroyed. When returning to the page it fails again. Closing the browser (which kills java.exe process on the pc), and then returning to the page clears the problem and everything works.
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FFXI has code to prevent cheating. Quite effectively, it would seem.
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Under Win7:
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