"To me it's just games, it's not a sport. What's next? Yatzy? Backgammon?" Söderström tells Expressen.

Not the first time he criticizes HeatoN

"I would have considered turning down the offer if I would have been invited for the same season as him. And it's not that I look down at gaming, but to me it's like comparing apples and oranges."

The Swedish Counter-Strike community showed excitement yesterday as the Swedish television broadcaster SVT announced that Emil "HeatoN" Christensen had been invited to participate in the upcoming season of the television show Mästarnas Mästare ("Champion of Champions"), where retired successful athletes compete against each other. Not everyone is happy about the decision, however, especially not the former Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders goalie Tommy Söderström.In an interview with Expressen Söderström clearly shows his displeasure over SVT's decision to invite a "computer gamer" to the Swedish athlete's inner circle.What Söderström means is that computer gaming is "what kids play", and that it's a phenomenon where a 10 year old could be just as good as a 25 year old, which according to him wouldn't happen in football, for example. Also, the fact that players don't necessarily have to be present physically to compete is a deciding factor to him.Christensen's participation in the upcoming season was all because of a campaign that started in 2014, the same year Tommy Söderström himself was a participant in the show. Back then, he raised his voice to the fact that the producers even considered inviting HeatoN to the show, and he was very criticized by the esports community for doing so.The community didn't manage to change Söderströms opinion, however, as he has clarified that he will be boycotting this year's season because of HeatoN. On top of all this, he says that his own participance in the TV show would have been reconsidered if it had been during the same season as HeatoN's presence.