Thread: Need help with a basic 21 Sticks game code!

Hey everyone, I was wondering what is wrong with my code:

import java.util.Scanner;
public class PickUpSticks 
{
	public static void main(String[] args) 	
	{	
		int numberofsticks = 21;
		System.out.println("Would you like to go first? (Y/N?)");
		Scanner user_input = new Scanner(System.in);
		String goFirst = user_input.nextLine();
		Scanner take = new Scanner(System.in);
		int numbertotake = 0;
 
		while (numberofsticks > 0)
		{
			if (goFirst.equals("y") || goFirst.equals("Y"));
			{
				System.out.println("There are " + numberofsticks + " sticks.");
				System.out.println("How many sticks will you take? 1 or 2?");
				numbertotake = take.nextInt();
				numberofsticks = numberofsticks - numbertotake;				
 
					if (numbertotake > 2)
					{
						numbertotake = 2;
					}
						else if (numbertotake < 1)
						{
							numbertotake = 1;
						}	
 
				numberofsticks = numberofsticks - numbertotake;		
 
				if (numberofsticks<=0)
				{
					System.out.println("You lose!");
				}
 
					else
					{
						if ((numberofsticks - 2) % 3 == 0 || numberofsticks - 2 == 0)
						{
							numbertotake = 1;
						}
							else
							{
								numbertotake = 2;
							}
 
						System.out.println("Computer takes " + numbertotake + " sticks.");
						numberofsticks = numberofsticks - numbertotake;
 
						if (numberofsticks <= 0)
						{
							System.out.println("You win!");
						}							
					}
			}			
 
			else			
			{
				if ((numberofsticks - 2) % 3 == 0 || numberofsticks - 2 == 0)
				{
					numbertotake = 1;
				}
					else
					{
						numbertotake = 2;
					}
 
				System.out.println("Computer takes " + numbertotake + " sticks.");
				numberofsticks = numberofsticks - numbertotake;
 
				if (numberofsticks <= 0)
				{
					System.out.println("You win!");
				}
					else
					{
						System.out.println("There are " + numberofsticks + " sticks.");
						System.out.println("How many sticks will you take? 1 or 2?");
						numbertotake = take.nextInt();
 
						if (numbertotake > 2)
						{
							numbertotake = 2;
						}
							else if (numbertotake < 1)
							{
								numbertotake = 1;
							}	
 
						numberofsticks = numberofsticks - numbertotake;		
 
						if (numberofsticks <= 0)
						{
							System.out.println("You lose!");
						}
 
					}
			}				
		}
	}
}

It looks fine to me, but eclipse says that my "else" needs to be removed. However, if I do, the program goes weird. Help please!