# TASK 66 — Timed ticker messages (the ticker's real job)

> Catalog: [`TASKS.md`](../TASKS.md). Creator idea 2026-11-09.

**Problem.** The ticker today is wired to YouTube events that a new streamer will rarely see — no
memberships, no Super Chats, nothing to tick. A feature that fires twice a year is furniture.

**Idea.** Give the ticker its own clock: a list of creator-written messages plus an interval.

- Config: interval (minutes) and a list of lines; rotate in order, newest config wins on restart.
- Example the creator gave: *every 20 minutes, promote the merch channel*.
- Yields to an alert: an event's own ticker beats a scheduled one, and the clock resumes after.
- Off by default, one message to start, no randomisation and no scheduling-per-day until asked.

**Where:** the ticker section of the alert box properties.

**Tests:** interval firing, rotation order, alert pre-emption, persistence across restart.