Server blacklist is active all the way back to 1.7.
If you haven't seen…
With the release of 1.9.3, Mojang has readded the server blacklist and backported it all the way back to 1.7.x.
As people restart their clients, they will be unable to connect to the servers on the blacklist.
Submitted May 10, 2016 at 04:52AM by Forairan
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