Why can't I connect to this minecraft server?

Question

Ok, so I'm trying to connect to a minecraft server which I have been playing on for a while now, but when I load up minecraft and click multiplayer this happens:

Firstly it immediately says that it can't reach the server and it has the red cross over the latency icon, when i refresh the same thing happens.

Then if I try to connect to it it says this immediately:

"Failed to connect to server" in grey, with
"Connection refused" in white underneath.

I don't understand what the problem is as its quite a big server (as in popular, it has it's own website and all that) and im pretty sure i haven't been banned from it or anything like that.

Any assistance on how I can connect to and play on it again would be great, thanks.

PS-
I checked on the website and it doesn't say anything about this issue.

Answer 1

if it says connection refused then odds are you have been banned, or more likely just not whitelisted, if they have a website have a look on there and see if they have moved over to being a whitelist only site. you can apply that way.

Answer 2

I'm very sorry to say but if it says "connection refused" than you have been either banned or they made a whitelist and you are not on it.

Answer 3

u should have made a short cut on the desktop, so u click on it, will auto fill, ur that the place way u left off...to make that short cut u right on the game, & down haft way select create shortcut click that & 1 will b e on ur dt .....if this has helped pass it on