How to play minecraft with only several people?

So I want to play minecraft but not with 100 random people. I know that their are servers but they have all the rules and "factions" things like that. I want to play with people I know and invite them but I don't know how. A world where you can do whatever you want like single player but with people I want to invite. How do I do this?

Make a private server follow this tutorial

Like a SMP? That means Survival Multi-player btw.

http://signup.leagueoflegends.com/?ref=51525967c95a8679640193 LoL is way better to pay with several people,
but if you want…
play survival and try to survive.