To the Abyss and Paradise - Birthday was here - Solution is Up

Now that you are baited: First, you have to conquer puzzle hell! Your torturous journey begins here, a 625 to the power of 1/2 pieces Jigidi. Will you make it to the end?

And what will be your reward? Well, that is a surprise. Though, be aware that there is a CV restriction ranging from Lvl 1 to Lvl 5. Also, I "might" add giveaways to the train, so check at a later point again. Maybe. Or don't check because it is unlikely ^^'

Since, I am realistic I know that I can't keep up the thread for two weeks :P The attention span of people is just too short for that ^^' Therefore, I just want to give some topics, you can discuss if you want to:

• To the solvers: Has the reward been worth the torture?
• To puzzle creators: Have you ever gone back to some of your old puzzle threads and thought: "How am I supposed to solve this?" Not that I have issues solving my own past puzzles :P My favourite threads have been those with ITH quizzes because I can no longer access them. And I read the comments and hints and think: "WHAT was the QUESTION?"
• To the older part of the community: You remember larger events? Something like JeffHowe's puzzle pyramids or the Touhou Event. Or Nordhbane's puzzle agency. Or older puzzles in general like Samus' dog Caesar.
• To the community in general: Haven't seen a thread about it yet. May have overlooked it. Disney is working more intensly with Epic games and investing laaaaaarge amounts of money into Epic. I know it is hip to hate on Epic and in special circles it is also hip to hate on Disney. Nonetheless, do you think the cooperation will bring some movement in the market or are Steam and Epic simply adressing different communities/markets?

Ah right, for those challenging puzzle hell, have some inspirational music here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4&ab_channel=SurvivorVEVO
If you can't see eye to eye with the tiger, maybe try communicating with him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdb_Fm9q9Zw&ab_channel=ProSounds
Both versions should actually work but there might be some issues with the first. It worked on my side but there have been reports that only the second worked.

Also, I checked if everything works. But I might have made errors so if you are unsure, give me a heads up. At least my Virus Scanner says that everything is clean :P

Edit: The second part may have some minor issues. If the heavily hinted at solution does not work, try an equal alternative. You will know what I mean if you tried the intended solution.

Solution:

1. The first step is quite easy. You just have to finish the Jigidi and then you get the link to the Tiger image.
2. You download the image (first pitfall: It has to be around 8 Mb in size, otherwise you just downloaded the thumbnail)
3. Watch the image closely (the Eye of the Tiger song stirs you into the right direction)
4. Zoom to the eye and recognize the zipper (second pitfall: Yes, this is hard to see but I hear there are people who recognized it as such, didn't want to make it too obvious)
5. Make the mental jump from zipper to zip
6. Rename the downloaded image to .zip (third pitfall: You need to activate file extensions being shown)
7. Open the newly created zip with WinRar. I think this is pre-installed in Windows? Or 7-zip.
8. Open the VSF folder and then the Very Secret File.txt
9. Find the giveaway link for the train
   9+: Scroll down and find the giveaway link for the secret bonus giveaway

So far the theory. However, due to magic I have not foreseen and can't control, the zip method does not work for everyone. Some people reported that they had to open the file inside 7-zip. Others told me that .zip didn't work at all and they needed to use .rar (that was the second video hint: ra(w)r). Apologies to everyone who thought of the correct solution but gave up because of these issues. This was not my intention and I am not sure what the trigger conditions are. On my side, it worked simply with .zip and WinRar.