Right i'm rather new here and i normally in real life play snooker or Blackball pool and iv never really played 9 ball before until i have come here on this site I understand the basics and i know that potting the 9 ball is obviously the key to winning the game and it can be done by potting it off the break (i know thats very hard but not impossible) planting the ball needed to be hit on to the 9 to pot it or even potting the 9 on its own but what really bugs me is this why do so many players moan about ''combos'' or as i call it ''planting''??? is that not the aim of the game to pot the 9 regardless which way you play the game??? By the looks of things nothing will be done about this which is a shame i do kindly ask those who read this who play 9 ball very often that if you do not want to play the planting way then do not play me thanks Basingstoke