N-Key rollover not working on my Mac

To make a long story short, I'm one of those heretics who chooses to game on a Mac. The game I play mostly is Starcraft 2. In Starcraft 2, there's a new technique for injecting hatcheries as zerg that requires two key presses to be registered simultaneously. So in order to do this I went out and bought myself a fancy Ducky Shine 4 Keyboard and it feels great, but the only problem is that the n-key rollover doesn't seem to be working on my mac. N-Key rollover is where multiple key presses can be registered at the same time. That is to say that if I pressed the keys jk at the same time, they should be able to repeat jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk over and over again. On my mac I can't seem to be able to do this. In fact at first I couldn't even get my keys to repeat. To even get my keys to repeat I had to input a command into terminal that I got from this website http://lifehacker.com/5826055/make-your-keyboard-keys-repeat-properly-when-held- down-in-mac-os-x-lion
What I'm really wondering, is is it possible to active my keyboards full potential on my mac? Is there any command I might be able to input that would allow my keyboards n-key rollover capability to function?
Here's a link to the zerg injecting method. They give a brief summary of what your keyboard needs to be able to do in order for your keyboard to be able to do what they have termed the 'Rapid-Fire inject method'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIbo94IWeu8

Exactly the same problem here! I have a Corsair K-70 keyboard. My keyboard's N key rollover works great on PC, but not on my MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. So frustrating. Is this a hardware limitation of the Mac itself, or a software limitation imposed by an application? (note that Pages didn't allow proper N key rollover) if it's application-specific, if hope Blizzard could address it. If not, could a firmware update or third party software allow this to work??? Please, I need to quick warp in units in Starcraft 2. Steve's zerglings are in my base!!! (Good luck buddy, hope out nerd references get us some answers.)
Genius idea... Could someone with an N key rollover keyboard and a dual-booted Mac see if it works? This would narrow it between Mac hardware and OSX. Just a thought!

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