been speaking to a couple of admins about black ops:
did you know in black ops you cannot create a lobby in which you can invite friends from your steam list, ie you cant create a team then go out and play on public servers.
you can only invite a friend once YOU are in a game, and even then your friend may be placed on the other team.
atm the only way to play with friends is in a private game against only friends. (without a server ofc)
ranked server:
1. you cannot pick what team you play on its random, even admin cannot control this
unranked server
1. you may set a up the game as you wish and even select sides, but you cannot gain points or ranks.
(i will carry on updating this thread as i know more, server owners are quited pissed off about the above but are waiting for mod tools to be released)