Looks to me like

1. The Leader was micromanaging

2. The Leader neglected to delegate the above-mentioned duties in the post above to other leaders down the chain in order to maintain that all-important overall picture of what was going on in the game & the guild.

and

3. The Leader desperately needed to take a break to get some perspective on the idea of "gaming" in contrast with RL priorities. That break appears to have happened, but in a most unfortunate way.

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