I've ever only seen 1 person bring commendations up after a run. I wouldn't really call it "begging", but the dude pretty much said (was a whm btw) "Don't forget about commendations, especially to those I raised and healed". Needless to say after I read that there was no chance in hell I'd give them my vote, and I could only hope no one else gave him any too. I got 2 without asking/bringing it up/begging for it that same run :P
Anyways, I like the whole commendation thing, but if people get too desperate about it and start begging for them then yeah there's no way I'd ever vote for them haha even if they actually were one of the better players in a run.
But man lol @ that dude who got almost 300 commendations in like 4 days...