Playing CS:GO with friends

my friends and I have decided to play CS:GO together (about ten people in total). We tried to play through connecting to single lobby in CS:GO menu, but several problems had occured with this way.

What does counter x/5 in lobby mean? Even though we were here in more then five people, we could still play a game together.
When someone was accidentaly disconnected from server, he had struggles with reconnecting to our game. We all had to restart entire game. In case we only left the lobby to start a new one, I could add only few people from my friend list.

Can I please ask you for a advice how to play with more then 5 people comfortably? If we can play without strangers it would be better for us.

I have already tried a method described on this link, however, it did not work well for us (or I did something wrong). https://www.reddit.com/r/counterstrike/comments/6v8yc3/go_how_to_play_with_more_than_just_5_friends/

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Can I play CS:GO with friends?

If you are talking about the most recent update making CS:GO free for anyone, yes you can play it for free with your friends.

How do I play CS:GO with friends 2020?

To create a Nearby Lobby, click 'Play' and select 'Play With Friends' \u2013 your lobby will be listed as a Nearby Lobby by default. If you have changed your default lobby settings, change your lobby permissions setting to 'Friends and Nearby Can Join.

Do you have to pay to play with friends on CS:GO?

Once they join the group chat you can talk through steam, join each others CS:GO lobbies and play together, without spending a single penny on the account.

How do I play CS:GO with friends and bots?

How to Add Bots in CSGO?

Open the game and select ''Play'' in the upper-left corner of your screen.

Select ''Offline with Bots'' from the dropdown menu.

Choose a map, confirm by clicking ''Go. ''

Select bot difficulty and a team.

I played CS:GO with my Silver friends..

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