Zerator

Adrien Nougaret (French pronunciation: [adʁijɛ̃ nuɡaʁe]; born 1 March 1990), best known under his pseudonym ZeratoR, is a French video game online streamer, event organizer and esports commentator.^[2]

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ZeratoR
ZeratoR in 2016
Personal information
Born	Adrien Simon Marie Nougaret (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 35) Montpellier, France
Occupation(s)	Esport commentator Owner and manager of development studio Unexpected Organiser and cofounder of Z Event, ZLAN and Ascension President of Mandatory
Website	zerator.com
YouTube information
Channel	ZeratoR
Genre(s)	Streaming, gaming
Subscribers	912 thousand^[1]
Twitch information
Channel	ZeratoR
Years active	2011–present
Genre(s)	Gaming, Events
Followers	1.6 million

Last updated: 28 July 2025

Career

ZeratoR has a large following on Twitch and YouTube where he streams a variety of video games. He regularly hosts esports events in France, notably his annual multi-game LAN event ZLAN [fr]. He is also known for the TrackMania competition ZrT TrackMania Cup [fr], which he organized. Since 2023, the cup has been replaced by a similar competition called Ascension, which is held in arenas in multiple French cities^[5] and focuses on a different game each year, beginning with Trackmania for the 2023 edition.^[6]

Since 2016, ZeratoR organizes and livestreams the annual charity project Z Event. The 2020 edition resulted in donations of 5.7 million euros to Amnesty International and was commended by the French president Emmanuel Macron.^[7]

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Other ventures

Esports

ZeratoR is the president of the gaming publication and Esports team Mandatory [fr].^[8] Before the sites creation in 2020, Nougaret had been personally sponsoring various esports teams.

Game Development

In 2016, Nougaret founded a video games development studio named Unexpected.^[9]

The studio's first game, dWARf, was a commercial failure, but Nougaret considered it a "personnal success" for himself and the studio's team.^[10] The game's online servers were shut down 4 months after the game's release due to a lack of players.^[11]

In September 2020, the studio's third game, titled As Far As The Eye released to mild commercial success, financing the studio's operations for the next 2 years.^[12]

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Esports

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