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OK, I'm looking for some advice from veteran chaos players.  My army is specifically  World Eaters, but the questions aren't really specific to that cult.

1.  Where is the best placement for an icon?  Front, Back?  Also, Should the icon be with the champion or a regular squad member?

2.  If I have 5 eight man squads of berzerkers, and all the champions are identically equipped, do I need to tell my opponent which one is a daemonvessel?  Do sportsmanship scores get dinged if you refuse to tell them? 

Thanks!

1. That one can be kind of tricky. If the icon is stuck way out in front, he can get range sniped. If he's way in the back, you handicap the placement of your daemons. I would lean towards having him towards the front of the unit, but with other models at least as close to the enemy to provide ablative wounds to protect him.

2. You do not have to specify which one is the daemonvessel, but there should be some way to determine it so that you don't have your opponent complaining that you selectively picked which one was the vessel after the fact. Also, if the vessel has chains, those need to be modelled. Lastly, if all of your AC's are identically equipped, you are pretty much wasting points on the vessel AC. Most people at most put a power weapon on the vessel since it fights with the GD's strength until the vessel pops. But even that might be a waste of points if he pops on turn 2.

Sal.

You have to designate which guy is the vessel but dont have to tell your oponent.
Usually squad markings + marking it in your list does the job.

What do you think of this idea?

How about I paint a number under the base of my AC and write down the number before the game.  If they ask which one is the vessel, I can tell them the number, but of course wouldn't tell them which AC is which number.

Another way is to allow them to pick a number 1 through 5 using the same process. 

The codex doesn't really elaborate as to how you mark down the vessel.