Not really, the K threads came before the MSI thing, it was a select few people that pretty much did k threads, but because it was so often, it might of felt like a lot more than it really was.

The MSI competition was just crazy, and not related, it was a contest done by PCPP and MSI, but one person decided to announce that he would donate money to charity if he one, so people felt that was going to give him a unfair advantage, and then the shitstorm begin..

The K threads are one of the reasons there are rules listed at the top of the off topic forums

The winner of the MSI competition is now banned from the site... (someone has that has more first hand info can explain why on that)

The other thing about the MSI completion is people making accounts to upvote builds they wanted to win, like they tried to use VPNs and everything. It was a crazy time on PCPP