I'll play that game...
Although there is a slight wiff of 'Troll' .... I'm happy to play that game and 'diagnose' if you are part of the 20% or not - I don't mind looking foolish just on the off-chance that you really are part of the 20%... that do in fact need to be shown something to stay alive ....
obviously this will be boring and painful for the 80% who can't see that there is a 20% ... or indeed anything to do other than look out of the window.
If we play then you need to agree to these rules:
1 you agree to give truthful answers
2 you don't let you ego exaggerate
3 you answer the questions
Do you agree?
Presuming you are a good sport and agree...
The first questions are:
When you ran out of vmc and 'punched up' how high were you?
How fast were you going?
Did you have the choice ?
Were you forced to 'punch up' because you ran out of vmc unexpectedly?
Would it have been easily possible at your height and speed to have slowed sufficiently or altered course to maintain good Visual References?
Were you at the time of running out of Visual References in an IMC equipped helicopter and did you possess the skill required to easily switch to IRF? (money on that answer for 'Trolls')
Were you actually trying to keep visual references and believe you were unable to for some reason?
Were you over the sea in a hazy environment?
Agree/Play?