ESL announced the season2 map pool for WCS EU (and Go4SC2 cups as well):

Whirlwind
Star Station
Neo Planet S
Belshir Vestige
Derelict Watcher (new)
Red City (new)
Newkirk Precinct TE (changed to Proleage version)

removed maps:
Akilon Wastes
Daybreak

source: http://www.esl.eu/eu/sc2/news/223098/

Zenbrez

Canada5973 Posts

June 10 2013 18:27 GMT

Dayyyyybreak. Hell yeeeeee

Teoita

Italy12246 Posts

June 10 2013 18:28 GMT

Oh dear god Derelict Watcher -.-

Nimix

France1809 Posts

June 10 2013 18:28 GMT

I still liked daybreak :'( but oh well, it made it time. Nice removing akilon wastes in my opinion, ZvP was kind of boring on this map I think!

Irrational_Animal

Germany1059 Posts

June 10 2013 18:35 GMT

No Akilon is excellent. The map created a lot of 4 base turtle games.

Derez

Netherlands6068 Posts

June 10 2013 18:37 GMT

Shame Newkirk is back. The original map is boring but this version isn't much better.

EatThePath

United States3943 Posts

June 10 2013 18:40 GMT

Derelict Watcher. The absurd nightmare continues.

TeslasPigeon

464 Posts

June 10 2013 18:49 GMT

Pretty lame that they won't add Korhal Floating Island and keep both Star Station & Whirlwind (maps are too similar, one needs to be removed).

Tsubbi

Germany7996 Posts

June 10 2013 18:52 GMT

kick newkirk before its too late, start petitions now do whatever but that abomination of a map has to go ASAP

Qikz

United Kingdom12024 Posts

June 10 2013 19:01 GMT

#10

Thank god that Daybreak is gone, but why didn't they add Floating Island?

DavoS

United States4605 Posts

June 10 2013 19:08 GMT

#11

Derelict isn't that bad of a map. It encourages bigger fights around the bases and still allows for a relatively safe 3 base. Old Newkirk was awful so any change is fine with me. And I hope Akilon vanishes off the face of the Earth forever and burns in whatever virtual hell Blizzard sends their old files to

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

June 10 2013 19:11 GMT

#12

Good removals, I could do without Newkirk, too, and I'm not exactly ecstatic about the additions.

Glioburd

France1911 Posts

June 10 2013 19:14 GMT

#13

Finally, Akilon removed...

EFermi

United States165 Posts

June 10 2013 19:16 GMT

#14

Proleague Newkirk is not bad at all. I'm also happy to see Red City added and Daybreak removed.

I also think that Floating Island is a neat map however, I'm guessing they didn't want to go too radical.

Bagi

Germany6799 Posts

June 10 2013 19:18 GMT

#15

Akilon removed? That's a little surprising tbh. I would have rather removed Star station.

Still, it's a good map pool.

DifuntO

Greece2376 Posts

June 10 2013 19:22 GMT

#16

Derelict Watcher? Seriously? Why would you remove Akilon to add this shitty map?

Zaphid

Czech Republic1860 Posts

June 10 2013 19:23 GMT

#17

Star Station still in ? Eh, I guess one map I hate with passion is still good and the cross spawn version isn't that bad, but it's like Antiga, you had to fix horrible map with additional changes