I didn't actually refuse your clockwork challenge. Having read back, initially in Chat, then here, we both agreed - based off the story you suggested - neither of the two characters that would fit it, would be a good match - even going so far as to explain why Worren wouldn't be a good bout, and Why Grim wouldn't as well.

I then suggested you pick a character, and you started talking about something else. 

We only revisited it, twice. Once about my characters not standing up well to guns(when I was setting up the challenge, and you saying you know why I wouldn't want too, though I probably would have anyway. Win or lose, it woulda been fun), which isn't a refusal, as I'd take the challenge anyway, and how he would stand up to explosions(which led to you and Scion). I said before that the Alphonse challenge was open to anything, and in theory, any power level. So you could have very well left with Clockwork and came to the forest of love.

And yes, that is the problem, people refusing. It hasn't happened to me, but for some reason people are pretty open to fighting me for whatever reason. So how do we fix the refusal thing, you really can't, honestly, or push the whole negotiation thing. so that is something else to work on, so that we arent cycling through the same people in an effort to get points.