aight progress report!
got it working on mac, now im just having ONE netplay issue. sometimes when the game loads and it goes to player v player it just has a black screen?
normally it works, netplay it doesn't. i actually got it working some how(using vmware fusion) using a setting called "unity" that basically makes your computer run as a mac/win simultaneously.
and the steam group is a little dry in the chat room BUT! if you start messaging/adding people theyll play! Nappy helped me test by him hosting over and over until i figured it all out.
but yes i am joining that other steam group now too.