Is there a way to mark friends you have queued with (or just steam friends) on the radar/minimap or even elsewhere?
Every time I play a game with friends it's hard to spot them in the start of a game.
Find Friends In-Game
counter-strike-global-offensive
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Your name within Counterstrike: Global Offensive is tied to your Steam display name. This can be changed. This is discussed in this forum thread, which explains the various methods tried so far to force a name change.
To change your name within Steam, click on the little arrow next to your name in the Steam friend's list and select "Change Profile Name" from the bottom of the menu that appears:
This will pop up the account settings window, which will allow you to change your name. As you've pointed out, this will change your name as you appear to your friends within Steam, as well as in any Steam game that supports it.
I don't usually do my teams set up but when at the menu with your list of steam friends online in game, you can choose which you play there. I believe you want the 'competitive' matches or matchmaking.
Click Play > Find a Game or Community Quick Play or Play with Friends should all allow you to play with people.
If you are in Steams offline mode you might have issues.
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Not officially, although you could both use
cl_colorto set your preferred colour and confirm it to each other.This will only worked on ranked.