I'll run through them step by step:
Q. What exactly is in version 'e'?
A. 1.0e provides protection from all trainers and hacks used in version 1.0c (maphacks etc.)
Q. Is it an official patch?
A. No, it's not.
Q. Where can I get version 'e'?
A. I am not at liberty to divulge that information.
Q.Why does the community seem divided concerning versions 'c' and 'e'?
A. 1.0e is an unofficial patch released by Tormentium, the same cracker who also made a lot of hacks for 1.0 and 1.0c. People don't trust him to guarantee safety and are unsure about what else he has programmed into the 1.0e patch.
Q. Are versions 'c' and 'e' compatible?
A. No they are not, but stay tuned.
Q. Can you have both installed and choose between either one?
A. Yes, 1.0e comes with a version selector utility that let's you switch between using 1.0c and 1.0e. Note that wehn you do switch back to 1.0c you are no longer 'protected' by the upgrades.
Q. Which version do you recommend and why?
A. Personally I would recommend sticking with C. Reason being that it saves you a lot of fuss switching versions. If you are really particular about avoiding cheats and don't wan tto losr your rating points you can go ahead and run 1.0e but there have been reports about cheats that work in 1.0e. Whether or not there's any truth to those, I don't know.
[This message has been edited by Only_Arch_ (edited 05-07-2004 @ 10:32 AM).]