The most obvious predecessor to FieriCon is to SantaCon, where thousands of day-drinkers descend upon lower Manhattan to don their best Mr. Claus costumes, slam a few (or many, many) back, and sometimes engage in fistfights and public sexual activity with one another. While Gold acknowledged SantaCon as an inspiration, he also rejected the comparison: His FieriCon is much smaller (for now), and the attendees are much more jovial, and, thus far, better behaved than the depraved, vomitous Santas our society has come to know. When a Guy stood on a table at Stout NYC Flagship with a cheeseburger, the crowd quickly fell silent in anticipation. Many of the Guys were clutching personal buckets of Bud Light. They were ready to listen.