As others have said about The Sims Online, they did it and then closed it down after a year or so.
Not sure if anyone is aware but it still lives on as FreeSO (“Free Simulator Online”), it's a reimplementation of The Sims Online™’s game engine, using C# and Monogame.
freeso [DOT] org
It's not...
Turns out my ancestor was a bit upset about the whole language fragmentation issue, like Soda and Pop... Ask for a pop here in Florida people will look at you funny. Ask for a pop up north and people know what you want lol
They gave him a warning. This was at nearly the end of the school year. The teacher continued working there for a few weeks, but at the next school year he wasn't there anymore. So I don't know if he left or got fired ¯\_(ツ)_/¯