With the LoL community discussing which teams deserved to go to the World Championship, Immortals CEO Noah Whinston addressed Immortals missing Worlds in a short video on YouTube.

"I want to make one thing really clear up front: no one at Immortals thinks we deserved to go to Worlds," Whinston said. "If we deserved to be at Worlds we would have been at Worlds. CLG, Cloud9, TSM, they all deserved to go to Worlds because of their performances over the spring and summer split."

Immortals finished second in the NA LCS Summer Round Robin before falling to Cloud9 in the playoffs. Immortals subsequently qualified for the NA Regional Finals based off of circuit points, before ultimately failing to qualify for the World Championship after losing to Cloud9 in the finals 3-1.

Yet rather than be disheartened by Immortals' loss, Whinston and the organization bounced back and assisted their fellow NA teams in preparation for Worlds.

"That's why we helped place some of our players with North American teams to help prepare them in their boot camps better for the World Championships," Whinston said. "It's why when we watch North America compete in the World Championships we're cheering for our colleagues and our brothers on those teams. We're also supporting our Brazilian friends at INTZ, and we're supporting a wide variety of individual players that our staff and our players have personal connections with from every region."

Whinston ended the video on a positive note, encouraging fans to cheer for NA teams and to not dismiss the teams competing at Worlds this year.

"So when you're watching the World Championships, whether you're an Immortals fan or not, it's really important to remember that what could have been is not a valid excuse for bringing down or denigrating other teams. Immortals isn't at Worlds," Whinston said. "CLG, Cloud9 and TSM are. Throw your support behind them, root for North America to take home the Summoners' Cup, and we'll see you all ready to complete in spring split of 2017."

Preston Dozsa is a news editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.