Fortnite World Cup runner-up Psalm reacts to losing half his money to tax Unsplash: Sam Trotman\/CLG Psalm\/Epic GamesAfter his second place finish in the Fortnite World Cup Solo tournament, Harrison \u2018Psalm\u2019 Chang, has experienced something of a whirlwind few weeks. However, he kept his true emotions close to his chest when discussing how much his prize money will be taxed. Psalm finished in second place in July\u2019s Fortnite World Cup, coming in with a very respectable 33 points after six matches. While this was 26 points of shy of the tournament winner, Kyle \u2018Bugha\u2018 Giersdorf, it was enough to secure the 24-year-old $1.8million. During an appearance on Fox\u2019s Business Network, Psalm was asked what he would do with his substantial earnings, before being comically reminded of how much he is to be taxed, having won in New York City; a city with some of the highest tax rates in the world. 600\u201cI\u2019ll probably buy some kind of house,\u201d he started, after being asked what he is going to do with his winnings. \u201cSome kind of house, hope it raises in value. I don\u2019t know, I\u2019m still figuring it out.\u201d The hosts of Fox\u2019s Business Network were very quick to remind Psalm of the insane tax obligations in New York, meaning he will lose at least half of his $1.8 million winnings \u2013 if not more. However, Psalm was tight-lipped in his response, stating that: \u201cI love America. Erm, but sometimes it can be tough.\u201d The restrained response received chuckles from the show\u2019s hosts, as they clearly felt he was hiding some level of frustration with the taxation rates in New York. To lose nearly a million dollars to tax would be a frustration for anyone, but given the fact that he still gets roughly $900,000, and all from playing Fortnite, it\u2019s fair to say we\u2019re still pretty jealous of the American. Psalm is currently signed to Counter Logic Gaming, who are generally best known for their success in League of Legends. However, their reputation in Fortnite is impressive (and growing), mainly thanks to Psalm\u2019s incredible finish at July\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite World Cup runner-up Psalm reacts to losing half his money to tax Unsplash: Sam Trotman\/CLG Psalm\/Epic GamesAfter his second place finish in the Fortnite World Cup Solo tournament, Harrison \u2018Psalm\u2019 Chang, has experienced something of a whirlwind few weeks. However, he kept his true emotions close to his chest when discussing how much his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}